Estudio para la mejora de los procesos logísticos y de calidad en el Mercado del Municipio de 3 de Febrero mediante la aplicación de buenas prácticas de manufactura (BPM)

Abstract

According to data from the Central Market of Buenos Aires in 2018, in comparison to 2017 wholesale sales of fruits and vegetables increased by 1.2% in volume. Most of the products sold come from small producers distributed in different production areas among which producers of potato, tomato, onion, pumpkin and carrot stand out. In many cases, these producers are located far from consumption centers, so their most frequent marketing channel is through terminal markets, where wholesalers, distributors, importers or intermediaries are grouped. In Argentina, in addition to the Central Market of Buenos Aires, there are 51 other regional markets of different sizes distributed throughout the country, which provide products for the different links in the marketing chain. Plenty of them have had an informal origin, and are managed by cooperatives that have not been able to adapt to new practices and trends, managing them under already outdated concepts, especially those referring to the conditions of sanitation and food handling, which can generate potential safety hazards.
After the survey and analysis carried out with regard to the Market of the Municipalidad de Tres de Febrero, it is concluded that it is for these administrations to implement practices that will allow not only to reduce contamination risks but also minimize others related to the safety and health of the staff and customers, improve the quality of transport and storage (with the consequent reduction in the waste of merchandise) and, finally, be able to take concrete and precise actions in case of detecting a risk of effective contamination.