The correct management of a catalog of materials is important for the supplying process in a company. Without the necessary attention of this activity, problems may occur in the acquisition, control and consumption of materials and products with impacts on service levels and competitiveness. Through a case study, this work approaches the strategy used by a company to implement an integrated system of business management and the management of its catalog of materials that is the basis of the strategy. It is an official pharmaceutical laboratory of the federal government that operates in the health sector through the production and distribution of medicines for the whole country. The study reports the reasons that led the laboratory to exchange its computerized system by a management system of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), emphasizing the actions carried out in the management of the catalog, highlighting the change in the way the catalog is used for a centralized management strategy, in the treatment of information to register and in the alignment of the new processes with the sectors involved. The study highlights how the team was assembled to manage the material catalog and presented the difficulties encountered, solutions adopted and results achieved. This work was performed through a case study and a bibliographical review to identify the current concepts on the subject, having a temporal cut that includes the years 2015 to 2017.