Inefficient inventory management leads to the two problems: the formation of out of stock assets and the emergence of product deficit. In order to eliminate these difficulties it is need to develop the optimal strategy for inventory management. The article provide an overview and analysis of studies of both Russian and foreign experts in the management of stocks and also it is identified disadvantages of existing approaches; it is made the methodical approach to stock assessment at the rare nature of demand; it is represented the examples of calculating reserves on the basis of the developed technique.

Key words. Supply chain, classification of stocks, index calculation and the choice of strategies, inventory management algorithm, Poisson’s distribution.

Research article analyzes strategic development of transport infrastructure applying investments of shipping companies. International investments provide competitive performance and realize innovative capacity of Russian container shipping industry.

Key words. Innovative capacity of shipping lines, national container shipping industry, innovative technologies of liner shipping, innovative transport infrastructure.

Each logistic company faces a problem of transport use control in the process of implementation of the demand. Satellite monitoring of transportation solves this problem. This technology is used to solve the problems of transport logistics in automated control systems for traffic management and fleet.

Key words. Satellite monitoring of transport, GPS/GLONASS system, comprehensive assessment of the quality of transportation, effectiveness of satellite monitoring, components of the transportation process. 

In article we consider a method based on Cobb–Douglas function. It is used to determine the impact of production factors on result of serving system functioning.

Kew words. Cobb–Douglas function, airport, production function, multifactor model.