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Transport management in small and medium-sized enterprises in Brazil

Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management

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Title Transport management in small and medium-sized enterprises in Brazil
 
Creator Martins, Ricardo Silveira; Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Xavier, Wescley Silva; Interdisciplinary Center for Logistics Research and Extension (NIPELOG/UFMG)
de Souza Filho, Osmar Vieira; Interdisciplinary Center for Logistics Research and Extension (NIPELOG/UFMG)
Martins, Guilherme Silveira; Getúlio Vargas Foundation - FGV-EAESP
 
Subject Transport management, Operations strategy, Logistics strategy
 
Description The research reported in this paper, looks at the internal processes of Brazilian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) concerning the transport decision. SME represent over 99% of the formal enterprises in Brazil. The sample size was 400 industrial companies (with up to 100 employees) of Brazilian manufacturing sector. The results indicated that shippers do not use transportation as an opportunity to create competitive advantages. In addition, to get the needed services, Brazilian SMEs tend to buy transport services, readily available, without concerns for future transactions and more stringent and systematic criteria for the selection and evaluation of the service.
 
Publisher FGV EAESP
 
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Date 2010-06-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/joscm/article/view/11242
10.12660/joscmv3n1p55-66
 
Source Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management; Vol 3, No 1 (2010): January - June; 55-66
Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management; Vol 3, No 1 (2010): January - June; 55-66
1984-3046
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/joscm/article/view/11242/10211