This article highlights the increment in the level of importance in the supply chain that companies implement in the activities and processes that they constantly carry out inside themselvesand through the adoption and good management of these methodsto obtain better results and opportunities for growth and, economic and business development of organizations to successfully meet the challenges of globalization. The main objective of the research project "characterization of the supply chain in local SMEs (Tuluá-Buga) to face the challenge of globalization" is to propose a diagnosis that shows the current situation of local SMEs (Tuluá-Buga) against the use of the supply chain as a fundamental factor in the search to improve business competitiveness in order to face the challenge of globalization, for which a descriptive-analytical methodology was employed. As the results of the research were obtained, the holdup the SMEs under study in terms of supply chain and the importance ithas within the organization,was evidenced; being this a factor that contributes to competition in national and international spheres, concluding that improvement proposals that bring companies to levels of productivity and competitiveness are required and absolutely necessary in a globalized world.
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