The comparative analysis of the operational costs of freight vehicles on urban routes
is necessary, since transportation costs are a significant part in determining the final
price of a product or service and determines the profitability of the activity. Knowing
this, companies seek ways to minimize their transportation costs in order to offer the
user a product with a competitive price to the final customer and profitable to the
offering company. Through vehicle routing and route analysis methods it is possible
to approximate the real environment in order to fulfill the objective of this monograph,
which was to performe a comparative analysis of the operational costs between two
routes used by cargo vehicles in urban areas of Manaus, considering the Manaus
Beltway, which is under construction. For this, the studied routes were identified,
besides collecting operational and cost data about the cargo transportation on the
selected routes for comparison and comparative analysis of operational costs by
cargo vehicles operating in Manaus' Industrial District and the new Beltway under
construction. The comparison was done from the vehicle routing and its costs, being
chosen the most adequate method to the situation to make possible the analysis
regarding the best option between the selected routes for such comparison. The
methods used were the Time Dependent Vehicle Routing Problem (PRVDT) and the
Clarke & Wright Method. The routes had as origin the Centro Cultural dos Povos da
Amazônia, located at Distrito Industrial I, 2222 Silves Avenue, Manaus, AM 69073-
270 and destination the International Airport Eduardo Gomes, 1350 Santos Dumont
Avenue, Manaus, AM 69041-000, one of routes through Rodrigo Otávio Avenue and
the other one through the Manaus Beltway, besides the use of a viability map for the
use of each route departing from different origins. At the end of the comparison, it
was concluded that both by the PRVDT and the Clarke & Wright Method, the route
with the lowest costs was the Rodrigo Otávio Avenue route, having its time, mileage
traveled, fuel used, both considering flat and hilly routes, lower than the Manaus
Beltway route. Such result was obtained by the starting point adopted, and it can be
different if different starting points are considered, as is the case of leaving the
Brasileirinho 230 kV Substation, the most economical route will then be the Manaus
Beltway, as well as leaving Gree do Brasil, one can use both the Rodrigo Otávio
Avenue route and the Manaus Beltway route.
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