Commerce gets updated on logistics management
DCI - 01/21/2008
The great retail and wholesale chains from several segments noticed that investing in the construction and in increasing their Distribution Centers (DCs), besides implementing most modern technology systems, may mean a lot at the moment of expanding. Hering, Dicico, Megafort and Avon, among others, already do it, and, according to specialists, another trend of the area is the outsourcing of the DCs, as has Ponto Frio recently done, controlled by Globex Utilidades S.A. The Focus Trigueiro Consultoria e Treinamento consultant and professor of Logistic of the University of Pernambuco Fernando Trigueiro explains that "investing in the area of delivery and storage is a matter of survival. The companies increasingly need fast responses to their processes ", he said. Another strong trend in the area of stocks of the companies is the use of radiofrequency that can reduce the time of the orders in up to 30%. The device, however, still has a high cost for the smaller chains, says the chairman of the Administrative Board of the Brazilian Association of Transportation and Logistics, Pedro Francisco Moreira.