The impact of changing the transportation cost structure of a food retail company

Abstract

This work-project was carried out on the management course presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics. All the information was gathered during a three-month and a half internship at Sonae MC’s Transportation Division. This work-project presented different possible solutions of how to add a variable costs component to Sonae MC’s current transportation services outsourcing contract. Adding a variable component to the outsourcing contract enables reductions to 15% of the TTCs and to have a more flexible cost structure.