To maintain sustainable competitive advantage, logistics organizations design and implement sustainable infrastructure- based supply chains. The competitiveness of logistics is reflected in its ability to optimize the supply chain process in a cost- effective manner. In this chapter, we will achieve the following objectives:

Introduction

Infrastructure by itself does not generate value. Logistics platforms, industrial zones and industrial parks were, and still are, one of the main instruments, in terms of cost and effectiveness, to promote the development of industry in growing economies, as well as to promote the economic development of rural and peripheral regions. However, the results depend on a set of internal and external factors that determine the growth of these developments, so it is expected that when some of these are not available in the necessary conditions, the achievements will be minimal compared to the high levels of investment, and even poor results may imply higher costs, mainly for businesses and governments.

In this context, when industrial and logistics infrastructure is developed that do not qualify the minimum requirements nor has the urban industrial equipment, it is possible that it cannot significantly influence the level of industrialization of a country, slowing down industrial production, even when the economies of agglomeration benefit the gradual establishment of new companies and investments. Thus, industrial infrastructure, logistics and associated services must meet certain localization factors, economic and extra- economic, capable not only of attracting companies, but retaining them and promoting their full development. Indeed, much of the world's poverty is due to inadequate access to opportunities, development, hopes and dreams, due to limited access to infrastructure and a highly vulnerable environment.

The global economy is experiencing a dynamism and volatility that puts investment at risk for the growth, strengthening and development of necessary infrastructure, which guarantees the demands for basic services, competitive supply chains and the sustainability of the environment.