Environmental variable influence in the process of suppliers choice: a study in agribusiness in the microregion of Assis-SP

• Main Author: Edenis Cesar Oliveira
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca 2016-08-01
• Series: Revista Produção e Desenvolvimento
• Subjects: gestão ambiental; gestão sustentável; cadeia de suprimentos; setor sucroenergético; fornecedores; meio ambiente.
• Online Access: http://revistas.cefet-rj.br/index.php/producaoedesenvolvimento/article/view/117

The global market characterized by competition, has demanded of new placements organizations, particularly as to how implement and develop relations with its trading partners. The Supply Chain Management emerges as a tool that provides organizations with the most effective management of the consequences of these relations. The incorporation of environmental issues in the organizational context reflected directly across chain. Organizations began to consider sustainability as a major factor in relations with its stakeholders, justifying the emergence of Sustainable Management of Supply Chain. The study aims to analyze the influence of environmental variable introduced in decisions and selection of suppliers of sugarcane agro-industries located in the micro-region of Assis-SP. Was held from Multiple Case Study in six agribusinesses, collecting data through semi-structured interviews, applied to sixteen actors directly involved with the subject matter, in addition to document analysis to support the interviews. For data analysis, applied to content analysis with the help of ATLAS.ti software. The results showed that, of the six surveyed companies, in agribusiness AGR2, FOR1 and for2 the environmental variable has a weak influence in the selection of its suppliers; in AGR1 the influence is average and only in AGR3 and AGR4 agribusinesses environmental variable has a strong influence.