Generation of competitive advantage through BASC management system in the ironmongery sales

The foreign trade sector has encountered difficulties in handling costs caused by the lack of standardization of processes, contraband and low quality; conditions that are improved with the application of the BASC management system, for which it is proposed to determine the elements that generate competitive advantages through the BASC management system. The descriptive, field and cross-sectional research searched information through the application of a survey to 30 companies that handle 87% of import traffic of hardware materials; which results indicate that the competitive advantages generated are: decrease in operating costs of imported products, increase of customer satisfaction related to the stock of products, compliance of specifications of articles.