Challenges of the port of Buenaventura-Colombia for the automation of its logistic processes

Abstract

This research deals with the current situation of the port of Buenaventura and the shortcomings of its infrastructure and logistical processes; and how these processes are susceptible to automation and thus can increase its competitiveness to be at the level of the world's leading ports. For this research we used an inductive method of information collected from different sources of authors who have addressed the issue of automation of logistics processes, seeking to take from the general to the specific, of the objectives that seek to find establish the current state of the port, which changes must be made in this to implement automation in their logistics processes based on the benefits that have had the world's leading ports. Although Buenaventura is a strategically located port, the economic, social and infrastructure barriers that the port faces make it less competitive in the global market. The social problem presented by the port is the most complex challenge, as it must overcome a culture of crime, poverty, inequality and corruption. For this reason, in order to achieve a substantial change in the infrastructure through the automation of the logistic processes of the port, it is first necessary to break the social situation that surrounds it and that does not allow its evolution. To overcome this problem, the port must ensure that the state does its part in the investment and care of the area of Buenaventura and pressure to improve the living conditions of the population, because only then can it attract the necessary investment and establish the conditions to successfully achieve a process of automation of the logistics processes of the port.