Fleet management of the freight highway transportation using satellite tracking systems. / Gerenciamento de frotas do transporte rodoviário de cargas utilizando sistemas de rastreamento por satélite.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1999

RESUMO

The main objective of this dissertation was to analyze the use of the satellite tracking systems in freight highway transportation in São Paulo city. This edge technology has not been well studied in Brazil, in spite of its potential growth and increasing economic importance to the transportation sector. A questionnaire was applied to 26 randomly chosen trucking companies to better evaluate the impacts of these systems on the firms, in terms of their reaction and adjustment to the systems and their ability to benefit from the use of such technology. The qualitative data were analyzed through descriptive and multivariate analyses, including correspondence and cluster analyses, so as to group companies with similar behavior concerning the use of tracking systems. In general, the use of satellite systems predominated, though they had higher prices than the radio/satellite systems. However, in both types of systems there was a preference to track high aggregate value freights, such as medicines, electronic products, chemical products and processed agricultural products. Although this technology was recommended for logistics and freight security reasons, its use in São Paulo city has mainly proliferated in the area of risk management, as a consequence of the increase in the number of robberies. On the other hand, it was verified that cultural, social and technological changes are needed for trucking companies to better capture the benefits of the use of the system. Many of them can be exploited only in the presence of changes in the internal dynamics of firms and observing a higher integration with other productive sectors.

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satélite sensoriamento remoto tracking economia de transportes remote sensing tecnologia da informação transportation economy safety at work highway freight transportation satellite information technology rastreamento segurança do trabalho transporte rodoviário de carga

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