Plan de transporte dentro de la cadena logística de importación para la adquisición de productos ferreteros provenientes de China para la ciudad de Riobamba

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to design a transportation plan within the import logistics chain to purchase hardware products from China to Riobamba city. Its execution was carried out using techniques and tools that facilitate its development. A questionnaire was applied to owners of different hardware stores around Riobamba city and an interview applied to sales agents of hardware products that allowed to know important aspects about the import of products, suppliers, prices, products with the highest demand, among other parameters considered for the preparation of the plan. Once the instruments were applied, it was obtained that 96% of the respondents are not importers of hardware products, due to the ignorance and limited economic resources to import products, even when international products are commonly consumed, especially the ones that come from China. Therefore, the owners of hardware stores in Riobamba city stated that they would be willing to use an international transport logistics plan to import products. Considering what was stated by the hardware store owners and sales agents, we proceeded to design the transportation plan to socialize the import process, detailing step by step the procedures to import, tariff heading, taxes, fees, and form of negotiation, customs agents, international transport routes, local costs and internal transport. In this way, we conclude that the owners of hardware stores are unaware of the import process and when acquiring products from local suppliers, their cost are high, therefore, through the application of a transport plan within the import logistics chain, it would be possible to obtain an average profit of 46.6%; Therefore, it is suggested to consider this research work to learn about the process of importing products from China to Riobamba city, make alliances among hardware stores to be able to acquire products at a lower cost.