Abstract
Distribution Logistics is an important competitive advantage when the company serves customers demands with lower cost. The present study aims to analyze the problem of customers' allocation due the insertion of new nitrogen fertilizers units in the logistic networking desing, minimizing transportation costs and hence, in the product's distribution process of urea. by applying the Classic Transport Problem was realized the review of logistics network relocating customers considered strategic by the company XPTO to the new configuration of the logistics network using as criteria the cost-optimized transport. It was found that the relocation of demand from strategic customers due to the acquisition of Nitrogenous Fertilizer Unit in Parana state provided the most significant reduction in transportation costs for the distribution of urea among the four proposed scenarios. So the work confirms the theory that is necessary to review the logistics network when new facilities are inserted in it.
Key words:
strategy; distribution logistics; transportation costs
