Supply Chain Analysis at the Company Los Pinitos Using the SCOR Model

Abstract

The Supply Chain Council (2006) defines SCOR as a model developed to describe all the activities that a company executes through phases to satisfy customer demand. The company Los Pinitos is a company dedicated to the production of canned beverages, it has several plants in different countries. The SCOR model is used for the analysis of the Supply Chain and to reach an optimization of the current process in Central America focused on the Nicaraguan plant since it is the only producer of this type of product, distributing to the Central American countries of Panama, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. In 2018, the Los Pinitos company located in Abasa and Los Volcanes in Guatemala was acquired, which increased demand by 500%, which suggests the option of moving the production line from Nicaragua to Guatemala. With the implementation of the SCOR model, a more defined and efficient logistics structure is defined, guaranteeing the supply of the country with the greatest demand, Guatemala, which represents 73% of Central America’s