“Estudio de factibilidad para implementar una plataforma logística en el cantón Puyo de la provincia Pastaza, período 2022”

Abstract

This research aimed to conduct a feasibility study to implement a logistics platform that contributes to the adequate fulfilment of the logistics process that heavy transport must maintain in the Puyo canton. This research includes an inductive-deductive methodology since it allowed an analysis of each influential variable in the research topic to be carried out individually to reach later the knowledge of the general matter relating to both variables. Also, the analytical-synthetical methodology was considered. This fact provided a different perspective based on the study of the facts through the disintegration of the study objective for the analysis of each part that was then grouped to get a single object of study. The research techniques used were the survey, the interview and the observation, which were necessary to collect information. The most important of them was the survey addressed to professional drivers of 231 heavy-duty vehicles according to the sample obtained based on the figures determined by the INEC and the ANT until 2019. Once the proposal for the location of the logistics platform was presented, the weighting method was used to set the ideal location of the platform, determined to be located in the Amazon Trunk belonging to the E45 central crossroad since it is close to the E30 and E45 central crossroads, close to health and supply centers, availability of basic services, among others. The platform will have an area of 6.12 hectares, distributed in 6 zones according to their capacity and use. Transportation is a fundamental axis in the economy, so it is recommended to implement the given proposal since it represents an effective response in terms of profitability and benefit to meet the needs of the heavy transportation sector.