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Actividad de Aprendizaje 12 Evidencia 1: Writing and Essay About Logistics Costs
Actividad de Aprendizaje 12 Evidencia 1: Writing and Essay About Logistics Costs
LOGISTICS COSTS
International Physical Distribution, known by its initials DFI, is the process that takes
place around placing a product on the international market complying with the terms negotiated
between the seller and the buyer. Its main objective is to minimize the times, costs and risks that
may be generated during the journey, from the point of departure at origin to the point of delivery
at destination. For Guasch (2011), logistics is becoming a crucial element of competitiveness and
The stages that the DFI comprises are: analysis of the load to be transported, preparation of the
packaging and packaging, selection of the mode of transport, costs and documentation, depending
on the type of product the physical distribution will be more or less complex, just as the costs will
vary considerably, in the case of one or the other, since it is not the same to physically distribute
gaseous, small in size or very large, taking into account that the philosophy of the DFI is put the
product in the required place, at the exact moment it is needed, at a reasonable cost.
It should be noted that a good DFI system allows to reduce inventories, decrease costs,
increase sales and fully satisfy customers. One of the great allies of the DFI have been the
computer and telematic technologies, the systems for tracking products in transit, stocks and
inventories, barcode scanners, tracking shipments by means of satellites and all that information
accessible through The Internet is revolutionizing the concepts of physical distribution. One of
the strategies to achieve this competitiveness is the correct planning of international physical
distribution, in terms of costs and activities involved in the process, taking into account that
borders and delivering products in the corresponding country. Unlike common transport, this
transport involves different transport policies depending on the country where the products are
shipped. This is one of the main operations of the DFI, and depending on the negotiated
incoterms, it defines the shipping and delivery route to the buyer. To choose the mode of
transport you must take into account: the rate, the distance, the transit time, the value of the
merchandise, the insurance, the packing and packaging, the costs and the times of loading and
unloading.
development and economic growth of a country, therefore, the logistics system became its
primary element. Consequently, the logistics system of the countries has a direct impact on the
logistics operations costs of the productive chains of the sectors of the economy. The level of
development of the system marks the economic growth and the ease of integration of a country to
the world economy. The document indicates that emerging countries such as Brazil, India and
China have become major competitors since they have bet their strategies on logistics as a key
piece for their economic growth. In the Colombian case, the logistics system is currently lagging,
so the main reason for the excessive costs assumed by the country's exporting companies is the
cost of transportation due to the delay in infrastructure (rail, air, sea and land) making it the most
expensive item when it comes to exporting. The Colombian infrastructures applied to foreign
trade indicate that the incidence on the costs and operations of exports is direct and that to a large
extent the international indicators that position Colombia in the last positions of efficiency are
given for reasons of corruption, lack of administration and low government investment in the
sector. Resulting in products with high logistics costs that significantly affect exporting
companies. The impact of the national logistics infrastructure on Colombian exports is highly