Challenge in supply chains management in Argentina: The case of forestry-industrial sector

BROZ, DIEGO RICARDO; ROSSIT, DANIEL ALEJANDRO; ROSSIT, DIEGO GABRIEL; CAVALLIN, ANTONELLA

Valparaíso

Congreso; 8th International Conference on Production Research ? Americas 2016; 2016

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso y Universidad de Santiago de Chile

The rise in the worldwide demand of forest products of the last decades predicts an expansion of the forest harvesting industry. In this context, the Argentinian northeastern region (NEA) is considered a promising land since the local forest harvesting industry has one of the largest growing rates in the world. Despite its potential, this region faces some challenging obstacles: budget shortage, trade barriers and poor logistic infrastructure. For instance, traditionally the forest products are delivered by truck, which is from three to five times more expensive than other means of transport, like maritime or river transport. This is why in this paper we present a thorough description of the current state of this productive region and the main challenges that it suffers and how we think they can be overcome.