A percepção da logística empresarial em redes de supermercados: um estudo do transporte de cargas para o Estado do Amapá

Abstract

Currently, globalization concerns the greatest internal and external integration between national markets. This dynamic resonates in Brazil and in different parts of its territory. Such conjuncture turns transportation logistics into a strategic aspect in the business environment. Especially in places such as Amapá, which seems like a peninsula that connects to the Brazilian territory through aerial and water ways. It is vital to highlight that the industry in Amapá is still of small scale which causes the state to import elaborated goods, this context turns cargo transport into a fundamental activity to local economy. The research question that motivated this work is: How do companies from Amapá perceive transportation logistics in relation to time and cost as a competitive advantage? We aim at understanding how managers of supermarket chains in the cities of Macapá and Santana perceive the choice of cargo transportation to Amapá considering time and cost as a competitive advantage. This is a case study conveyed through bibliographical, documentary, and field research, besides a qualitative approach for data analysis. The result comprises a technical-scientific report. Thus, we observed that in the managers’ perception the most relevant matter concerning cargo transportation and its logistics to Amapá state is in the uncertainty in water modal, which poses a risk of delays in supplying stocks. In relation to time and costs, managers do not consider that such variables impact competitiveness