Avaliação do uso de checklist para verificação do atendimento à legislação por empresa de transporte contratada

Abstract

This study intends to evaluate the use of a checklist to verify compliance to transport regulations by hired transport companies. Legal requirements for dangerous goods aim to decrease risks of accidents and minimize associated impacts. For the business case, logistics operations from an automotive industry were considered; this company keeps contracts with transport companies for the transportation of produced parts and components used in production activities, including chemicals and dangerous goods. The development of the checklist was based on a research of applicable requirements. The document was applied for the verification of all load vehicles that arrived in the factory from September, 2015 to February, 2016, by the property security staff. Process evaluation focused on the results from direct hired transport companies, and on the verification of applicability of the document for the proposed objective. Results showed that, after a necessary period for consolidation and adjusts in the systematic, it has been successful to identify deviations in hired transport companies’ vehicles. It may be concluded that, although improvements are necessary in the document, this is a valid instrument do verify transport conditions.