Actividad de Aprendizaje No 12

 
  
Evidencia 4: Sesión virtual “Debate about and support your essay”
 
 
 
Presentado por:
 
 
María Alejandra Villalba Mellado
 
  
Tutor Técnico:
  
July Andrea Torres

 
  
Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje “SENA”
  
Tecnólogo en Negociación Internacional
  
Ficha: 1966033
  
2019 - 2021
 
Formación Virtual
 BUSINESS COMPETITION IN THE INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION
 The International Physical Distribution, known by
its acronym DFI (Distribución Fisica
Internacional), is the logistic process that is
developed around placing a product in the
international market complying with the terms
negotiated between the seller and the buyer. Its
main objective is to reduce to the maximum the
times, costs and risk that may be generated during
the journey, from the point of departure at origin to
the point of delivery at destination.
 
 Business competitiveness ensures the survival of
companies in the long-term market, in all segments
to which they want to access with products, in the
local and international context.
 One of the strategies to achieve this
competitiveness is the successful
planning of the international physical
distribution, in terms of costs and
activities involved in the process, taking
into account that within the logistics
chain they represent a representative
item. This planning will materialize in
cost reduction, inventory optimization,
improvement in customer service levels,
optimization of transportation routes
and adequate selection of means and
modes of transport.
BUSINESS COMPETITION IN THE INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION

 Due to the growth of international trade, both  Now a concern arises. Is it worthwhile
countries and companies must know in detail to implement different strategies for
all the processes required for the proper
international physical distribution,
commercialization of their products. That is
why international logistics are a decisive part regardless of the costs that these imply
involved in the handling of goods. DFI, an for companies and countries?
international physical distribution, that vary
according to the type of product that will be
commercialized and its philosophy is to put
the product at the required location, at the
exact time it is needed, at a reasonable cost.
The use of a DFI is an indicator that helps to
differentiate one company from another
competitively, since each one seeks to
implement the best solutions for the logistics
of its products.
 BUSINESS COMPETITION IN THE INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION
One of the biggest challenges of transportation
nowadays is oil prices. The movement of cargo
depends to a great extent on increasingly expensive
and finite fossil fuels, mainly diesel fuel. The great
paradox that we find in this situation is that
undoubtedly with greater demand for exports and
imports of products around the world, the operational
logistics costs increase as well. We can see the clear
example of the USA where a large part of these costs
increase due to the logistic of cargo handling in the
main ports and thereafter the large chain that covers
these operations. For example, the roads are forced to
expand and adapt since the increase on import/export
operation cause deterioration to the roads. For this
reason, we consider that this expenses must be taken
into account, as they may not affect directly to an
exporter which capacity of operation is reduced,
nonetheless it clearly affects big worldwide
operations, and it must undoubtedly be taken into
account in the country’s economy plans.
 In Colombia we have an even greater
challenge, many believe that because of our
geographical location we must feel
privileged, but unfortunately the
government do not see or don’t want to take
advantage of that privilege, the monopoly of
cargo trucks makes transporting products a
titanic and expensive task, where real costs
of the operation are not taken into account,
where the roads are in unfavorable
conditions and the internal conflict, causes
the risks and operational costs to increase.
For this reason, we consider it a
monumental task to try to become a large
exporter when the conditions are not given
in our country.