2011
HMS 2011 Proceeding
Intercompras Containers: an Integrative Tool of the Logistic Infrastructure and Management of Supply Chains
Authors: Vilma Rodríguez Castro, Martha I. Gómez Acosta, Igor Lopes Martínez, José A. Acevedo Suárez
Abstract
Freight transportation is, for any country's economy, the backbone of the production and service activity logistic organization. At present, the trend of the international cargo movement is characterized by the increasing use of containers in the commercial trade of goods. This process is accompanied by two facts in one hand production of containers worldwide is insufficient to meet the demand, and on the other hand the increases of containers? customs duties concepts such as taxes, delayed return cycles, etc., all of which results in the need for speeding up the rotation cycle of all containers at present available in the international trade. The InterCompras® Containers System provides a new concept for the logistic chain of containers' movement, with the support of Internet/Intranet software, as the backbone of the supply chains within the country, as well as of the traceability of these freights unitizing means.
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