| dc.description.abstract | The procurement process is of great importance for the business success of
the company. The effectiveness of a business depends to a great extent on
the ability to use the environment in the procurement of resources necessary
for functioning. The aim of the research is to identify the main problems in
forest management in the South Morava Forest Area (SMFA), in the production
and sales of beech roundwood, as well as to determinate the characteristics
of the companies and the organization of the raw materials procurement
process. The data were collected in the period 2014- 2017, by surveying 13
representatives of small and medium enterprises and 1 large company and
interviewing 5 employees of Forest Estate “Vranje” (Public enterprise
„Srbijašume“). The current situation in the SMFA is characterized by an
unfavourable structure of beech coppice forests, inadequate forest openness
and low wood mobilization from private forests. Analyzed companies are,
mostly, micro and small (79.0%), founded (64.3%) less than 10 years ago, and
50% of them are engaged in sawmill and wood processing. All companies
purchase and use beech technical roundwood. Wood raw material is purchased
from the public and private sectors. Transport of raw materials is carried
out through intermediaries (92.9%) and on “bad” and “very bad” (71.0%)
infrastructure. However, the majority (92.9%) of them are “partially
satisfied” and “satisfied” with the quantity and quality of delivered raw
materials. There is a significant presence (86.0%) of enterprises, which, in
addition to technical roundwood, procure and use other wood products
(fibreboards and other reproduction materials) from suppliers from other
regions. Based on the analysis of all collected data, places for improvement
of wood raw materials procurement and the weaknesses of existing supply
chains have been defined, as well as the proposals for improving the
organization of the procurement of wood raw materials at SMFA. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 37008-TD:
Sustainable management of the total forest potential in the Republic of
Serbia] | en |
