Logistics management model for small and medium sized enterprises in Mexico

Cano Olivos Patricia (), Orue Carrasco Fernando (), Martínez Flores José Luis (), Mayett Moreno Yésica () and López Nava Gabriel ()
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Cano Olivos Patricia: Universidad Politécnica de Tlaxcala
Orue Carrasco Fernando: Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla
Martínez Flores José Luis: Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla
Mayett Moreno Yésica: Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla
López Nava Gabriel: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Contaduría y Administración, 2015, vol. 60, issue 1, 181-204

Abstract: The market opening and the globalization of supply chains, demand a structural changes in which logistics has a strategic role. Nowadays, clients evaluate product quality, its value added and its availability in time and form, which implies a need to make the process efficient. Several experts have proposed some logistics management models to increase competitiveness in the market, but some of these models are too ambitious for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) due to their informal structure and their lack of technical knowledge; other models make indirect reference to the internal information flows, which include whole system disintegration because of the weak interrelation among the different areas. In Mexico, SMEs represent 4.2%, they generate 31.5% of employment and provide 37% of the gross domestic product; that is why it is important to reinforce their competitive position in the market. This research presents the design of a conceptual model of logistic management for SMEs which could provide comprehensive solution through control of the variables involved in the logistics process; to verify that the variables considered in each identified dimension are correct factor analysis was used.

Keywords: logistic management models; SMEs; competitiveness; supply chain; factor analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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