Actividad de aprendizaje 12

Evidencia 1: writing and essay about logistics costs

Presentado por:
David López López

Instructor:
Laura Mayerly Lieman Barrios

Formación virtual
Negociación internacional

Bogotá D.C
2020
 Introduction
Definition
(The International Physical Distribution is the set of operations necessary to
move the load from a point of origin to a point of destiny)

To being whit, we Must consider that logistics and international physical

distribution are key in foreing trade operations, given that logistics is key to
achieving maximum efficiency and effectiveness, Which can be summarized
as follows: Efficiency because the less time a product remains in each of the
states a logistics chain, the lower costs will be added to the final value of the
product and the market will be supplied more quickly and effectively because
in most cases, lower costs can be translated into higher operations profits.
 Principal points

• According to the ownership of the goods: Importer, exporter, consignee, or

recipient

• According to Transportation: The shipowner, shipping agent, agent

maritime, airlines, companies of land, lake, or river

• Depending on the loading and unloading of the commodity: The port

authority, customs, sanitary, stevedores, credit card holders, port operators

• According to storage of the commodity: Tax warehouses, terminals storage,

warehouses simple, customs warehouses authorized

• According to the customs destination of the commodity: Customs agents,

terminals storage, warehouses simple, customs warehouses authorized

Conclusion
Any failure in one of the stages of a product can suspend the distribution
system that affects international trade. As for the positive aspects that benefit
the companies besides creating strategies to counteract the distances and to
be able to carry out their activities as close as possible to the final market we
see that the companies are modifying the way in which they pack their
products in such a way that these occupy less space and weight so that all the
costs as well as of transport are reduced.

To conclude in companies there are basic systems that facilitate their smooth
operation, one of them is the logistics system related to the flow of materials
from suppliers to end users and whose establishment requires an exhaustive
analysis and study to ensure that the company has a fully integrated logistics
element.