Evolution of the edible oil supply chain in Cuba

Abstract

The edible oil is considered one of the stars products in the cuban national market, as a result of its discharge it demands for the population and for the industries that use it as matter it prevails in its productive process [1]. Since the year 2005 the Supply Chain of Edible Oil has come carrying out investigations with the objective of elevating the levels of service to its final client. Following this purpose is made in this year an association between the Laboratory of Logistics and Management of the Production (LOGESPRO) and the Enterprise of the Oils ECASOL, coordinating entity of the Chain. In the beginnings of the work with ECASOL the emphasis is made in the availability studies of edible oil, and after to the application of the Value Network Model, later is making wider the field of action of the investigations to develop between LOGESPRO and ECASOL. The objective of the present case consists on analyzing the evolutionary development that has suffered the Supply Chain of Edible Oil in CUC with ECASOL like coordinating entity of the same one starting from the
achieved association.