Análise da utilização de métodos de roteirização de transportes

Abstract

The scientific methods for Vehicle Routing Problem have been developed for the improvement of logistic transport activity. Though it is seen that there still are organizations that do not use scientific methods on definition of its transport routes and delivery routes. This is a factor that would cause inefficiency in organizations logistic transport activities. The logistic transport routing is one of the areas that most suffer by the usage of only empirics and experiences on planning and execution of its activities. So, this study seeks to show the usage importance of scientific routing methods on logistic transport activities, demonstrating that the use of tested and proved methods developed for this specific propose can help to improve the operational efficiency of logistic transport and decrease its costs. This study intends to show theoretical e practical examples that show the use of scientific routing methods and the benefits its use can bring to the organizations. Furthermore, this study also shows a case study with the Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT) meaning to identify how is determinate its delivery vehicle routing in the city of Fortaleza and identify if the there are use of scientific routing methods on this activity. The conclusions of this work indicated that the use of scientific methods on vehicle routing problems can be a competitive advantage, above all for the small and medium organizations. The case study has showed that the ECT do not use scientific methods for its delivery routing problem in the city of Fortaleza.