International Logistics is a fundamental tool for the expansion of foreign trade, and must be used strategically for a competitive advantage in international negotiations.
Globalization has made companies increasingly competitive and with modern concepts for their procedures, businesses and products. This process is integrally linked to the processes of purchasing, storing and distributing goods.
Modern models of inventory management, products and process logistics as a whole are increasingly available on the market. In this environment that logistics seeks and must act as a business tool to ensure the competitiveness of a new management model.
Why is International Logistics important?
Logistics is an area that is linked to the strategic part of the corporation, after all, it seeks to optimize product storage flows until delivery.
With the advancement of technologies and increasingly strategic thinking, the Just-in-Time methodology was created.
The Just-in-time methodology was one of the biggest logistical innovations in the world. It aims to reduce production time and inventories, in addition to increasing the quality of products and services and also providing the necessary flexibility to keep up with the pace of demands.
That is, just-in-time production, with the literal translation of right time seeks to make an order be made, produced with the material that is in stock, without the exclusive need to request more materials, so there will be no excess products in stock and not too many products in prompt delivery.
Main modes of transport
There are today, 5 main types of modes of transport, they are:
Each of these modes has aspects and important issues to be taken into account. As if the indicated modal can reach the destination informed in the requested period, if the cost of this modal is within the planned or even if the route may be the most appropriate or not. All these factors influence the international logistics process.
