CHARACTERIZATION OF LOGISTICAL PROFILE FLOW OF GRAIN FROM A COUNTRY TOWN IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL

The logistics system plays a key role in the advancement and development of a company in a region and a country as a whole. This system involves activities such as storage, transport, and distribution of products, as well as monitoring of operations and managing related information. In this context, this study aims to characterize the profile of logistics of a city in the northwestern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The present work was developed through bibliographical and documentary research with a review of records such as Bulletins of IBGE, maps and transport routes of the municipal railway, as well as semi-structured interviews with managers involved in the agribusiness sector. The predominance of highway transportation and limitation of the railroad was found. The difficulty of access to some properties, because of the precariousness of the road network and lack of government support, has contributed to the larger producers starting to invest in their own structure for storing grain. A proposition of this research is that some investment in the inner city roads could help speed the flow.