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Type:	Artigo de Periódico
Title:	What is necessary to improve the brazilian intermodal terminals? the shippers' point of view from the stated preference approach
Authors:	Ricardo Silveira Martins Débora Silva Lobo Alexandre Florindo Alves Renato Luiz Sproesser
Abstract:	This study investigates the features of the services that shippers of bulk agricultural products need from intermodal terminals. Agribusiness usually is positively affected by logistics performance, since it normally involves extensive supply chains made up of a large number of agents. The answer to this question may help us understand why Brazilian shippers mainly use road transportation to move low value-added products over long distances and may also help us improve intermodal terminal facilities. Applying the Stated Preference technique, shippers ranked constructs in the following order: reliability, time period, customer relations, cost, and flexibility. The results indicate that constructs associated with quality of service are more highly valued. This implies that there are new points of reference for the transport market which favor the use of long-term contracts and closer relationships.
Subject:	Agroindústria Logística
language:	eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country:	Brasil
Publisher:	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials:	UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department:	FCE - DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS ADMINISTRATIVAS
Rights:	Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi:	10.12660/joscmv9n2p49-59
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1843/47122
Issue Date:	2017
metadata.dc.url.externa:	doi:10.12660/joscmv9n2p49-59
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof:	Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management
Appears in Collections:	Artigo de Periódico

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