The success of the agribusiness is strongly associated with the degree of articulation of its different links and the result of the efficiency of its coordination mechanisms in answering the impositions of the market; it is fundamental that agribusiness chains are structured and coordinated keeping these aspects in view. The present work presents a methodology for structuring agribusiness supplies chains. The methodology is a result of three Case Studies conducted in different structured forms and coordination of the production systems of the agribusiness: an agricultural cooperative, an integrator of chickens and the supply chain of bovine meat from a net of supermarkets. The study intended to analyze the process of structuring these chains; in other words, how these are structured, coordinated and their main characteristics. From the results of the three cases, the main stages of the process of structuring a supply chain of the agribusiness were defined.
productive chain; management; supply; coordination
