Abstract:

The concept of centralization comes to understand as an organizational spectrum that goes far beyond infrastructures, as there may be centralization or decentralization at various levels: transport, operational coordination or decision making. Objectively, the research intends to analyze and understand the evolution of the logistics centralization process developed by the organization, as well as to understand the operational and management impact of the centralization process. From the methodological point of view this article was elaborated through a literature review illustrating the state of the art in relation to the subject under study, document analysis and observation. We can conclude that the issue of centralization cannot be defined as an absolute term and cannot define organizations as centralized or decentralized, but we can define institutions as tending centralized or tending to be decentralized, however, financial investment in warehouses decreases when centralizing. warehouses into one central strategic warehouse.