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LAO LEON, Yosvani Orlando; MORENO PERDOMO, Lourdes Yulieth; PEREZ PRAVIA, Milagros Caridad  y  MARRERO DELGADO, Fernando. Storage capacity evaluation of Medical Supplies Enterprise (EMSUME) in Holguín, Cuba. ccm [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.2, pp.209-224. ISSN 1560-4381.

Introduction: nowadays, business and logistics are extremely important for every enterprise success. Nevertheless, performance constraints become obstacles, in this case of storage capacities. Objective: to analyze storage management at EMSUME, from Holguín, Cuba, for resources availability, input materials, tools, and equipment arrival opportunities. Methods: a research about procedures to accomplish storage capacity balance, using scientific current literature. As a result, a procedure for methods and techniques, such as:  documents review, manager’s interviews, direct observation, forecast methods like: time series, causal relations and meta-heuristic, bibliographic review, interview, brainstorming, surveys, consent techniques and OVAR Matrix (the relation between objectives, variables, actions and responsible), was proposed. Results: storage principles violations were detected. Unappropriated placed products, deficient layout and old storage technology, were proposed to find solutions for the adverse effects in the storage management. Conclusions: new layout stands, as a principal contribution. An effective capacity use, guarantee resources availability, input materials, tools and necessary equipment.

Palabras clave : storage management; storage technology; layout; capacities.

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