Open AccessPropuesta de un procedimiento para el proceso de planificación del inventario en la cadena hotelera Gran Caribe
Author(s) -
Vicente Mateo Ripoll Feliũ,
Yoaima Dickinson González
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
harvard deusto business research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2254-6235
DOI - 10.3926/hdbr.50
Subject(s) - tourism , business , economy , consumption (sociology) , control (management) , allowance (engineering) , welfare economics , administration (probate law) , finance , economics , economic policy , political science , operations management , management , social science , sociology , law
From 1990, Cuban economy which is dependent of its external economic relations devotes substantial resources to the construction of new touristic facilities as well as the renovation of historic structures built for touristic sector utilization. The country was affected by an economic crisis provoquedby a profound shift in international relations that were the result of socialist block disappearance and recrudescence of the embargo imposed by the United States. Consequently, the country adopted a set of measuresrelated to tourism and foreign investments allowance that were devised to improve Cuban society at a lower social cost. Tourism is acknowledged as the heart of economy; hence it is an important item in the state development plan. The relations of this sector with multiple economic activities confer it a relevant role in the revival of productive capacity and internal consumption. For instance, this revival accounts for researches and solutions like control management (accounting and finance) that, as an administration function, is responsible for managing productive resources so that organization can accomplish overall goals like high growth rate and performance as well as low risk. This paper aims to illustrate a procedure for inventory planning in hotelier sector, and thus shows an application in a hotel chain located in Varadero destination.