Automatizacion y Verificacion De La Distribucion De Licores Importados A Nivel Nacional - Caso D1

Abstract

This document presents an improvement plan for the automation and verification of the distribution of imported liquors at national level in the company D1, a Colombian chain of stores with a business model called “Hard Discounts”. D1 is present in most of the cities and departments of the country. The main focus of the internship is the Imported products area, specifically liquors, wines, aperitifs and similar products of foreign origin. The current process is analyzed and an improvement plan is proposed to structure a project to mitigate operational, financial and communication risks. The objective is to verify the distributions at national level in relation to the quantities specified in the import documents of the merchandise. The development of this project allows the application of the knowledge acquired in the International Business career at the Universidad Santo Tomás, Tunja. Through the university practice in D1 S.A.S. in such a way that, when making an analysis on the assigned functions, a clearer vision of the errors or procedures to correct is obtained and valuable conclusions are extracted for future improvements. The purpose of this project is to optimize the distribution and tracking of imported liquors, strengthen operational efficiency, improve the accuracy in inventory management, improve decision making on the distribution of liquors, thus contributing to improve the national distribution of imported liquors and help the company in an important operational process.