Their content was validated by 10 experts, and their reliability was calculated according to the Cronbach's Alpha method, yielding a value of 0.83 for the logistic instrument and 0.93 for the competitiveness variable. Two questionnaires of multiple alternatives were applied based on the Likert scale.
The population was studied with eighty-seven (87) reporting units.
An explanatory study was developed, with a non-experimental and transversal field design. The general purpose of this research was to analyze logistics as a determining competitiveness factor in companies producing Special Coffee in the Municipality of Valledupar, Colombia, based on the theoretical postulates of Mora (2008 & 2011), Ballou (2004), Castellanos (2010), Conpes 3527, DANE (2013), Gordon (2013), ICER (2012), Villamizar and Villamizar (2011), among others. GORDON Hernández, Yimy 1 VIDAL Tovar, Carlos 2 & URDANETA Urdaneta, Geovanni 3 Logistics as a Determining Competitiveness Factor in Special Coffee Producers Logística como Factor Determinante de la Competitividad en Empresas Productoras de Café Especial
