Logistic Architecture Based on Models

Tania Regina Brasileiro A. Teixeira, Márcio Lopes Pimenta

Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil.

DOI: 10.4236/ib.2014.64020                

Abstract

The article identifies the essential dimensions in relation to outsourced logistic management, through a study of the outsourcing process of a large Brazilian wholesaler distributor’s logistic activities. The author has developed a management tool able to guide and direct the outsourcing operators of integrated logistic services so as to allow them to organize their management system. The author proposes a logistic architecture based on models which will facilitate the managerial work and transform the logistic system into a strategic skill, thus leveraging its ability to compete in the market. This idea is focused on the client, and is capable of integrating and managing all the interface elements of the logistic system, connecting and joining all of them in order to perform more organized and structured logistic activities. Therefore, the logistic architecture based on models represents the nature and structure of a logistic system as well as determines the way for it to operate.

Keywords

Logistic Architecture, Management Models, Logistic Operators

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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