Análisis de la competividad del transporte de carga terrestre en Colombia en perspectiva con latinoamérica

Abstract

The competitiveness of land freight transportation plays a fundamental role in the competitiveness of a country, since it has a direct impact on the logistics costs of the companies that manufacture and/or commercialize products, therefore, measuring and controlling the variables that influence the operating costs of the sector is the responsibility of both the transportation companies and the Colombian government. In this document an analysis of the costs that impact transportation in Colombia and how these figures are placed in the Latin American context is carried out, in order to show the main difficulties and incidences of low productivity. Based on these opportunities for improvement with respect to other countries in the region, suggest strategies to be implemented at different levels, in order to make the sector much more competitive. The Colombian state should encourage the sector and promote competitiveness, making greater investment in the variables that influence cost reduction, such as; expansion of road infrastructure, fleet renewal, generation of soft loans and policies that promote investment in this area. Without leaving aside that the companies and/or small transporters must also do their bit, generating strategies to control internal costs that depend on the operation, such as productivity per freight, fuel consumption of their vehicles, operating and administrative personnel costs, maintenance strategies, among others, i.e. companies must evolve their practices to increase the competitiveness of the sector and therefore of the country.