A cadeia reversa do aço: a estrutura de atividades e os riscos dos intermediários da sucata metálica

Abstract

The reverse supply chains are part of our daily life. The increase in their popularity is mainly the expansion of online commerce, where the reverse exchange channels are established; of warranty return; and purchase canceled. In the industrial sector, reverse channels are very popular, such as the return of product packaging, industrial waste comeback for reprocessing or final disposal, and the return post-consumer materials for reuse. In the steel industry, the reverse chain of scrap metal is responsible for managing the reverse flow of metallic materials used from the consumer to their point of origin, the steel milling. Steel has the characteristic of being 100% recyclable without loss of properties of the metal; apart from its recycling process represent economic and environmental advantages. The research proposed the conceptual review of the activities of structuring reverse chains and supply chain management risk. By combining these approaches, it drew up a general framework of activities, as well as recognition of the risks of the intermediaries of the scrap metal supply chain. As a result, the survey does not limit to presenting the generic structure of activities and mitigation risk actions in scrap supply chain, but evolves through proposing a risk management methodology applicable to any reverse chain of different industries.