Dear readers! We present to your attention the 11th issue of the LOGISTICS magazine, where you will find relevant materials and articles. And again, the focus is on international cooperation. An important event in this area was the International Trade Day 2024 Forum, held on November 7, 2024 in Moscow.
Dear readers! The tenth issue of LOGISTICS journal opens with a large article dedicated to the results of the BRICS Business Forum, held on October 18, 2024 in Moscow. Yulia Kislova, Director of Agency Market Guide LLC and publisher of LOGISTICS journal, attended the event and prepared an article where she paid special attention to international trade and logistical connectivity of the countries of the association. The details are in the room.
Dear readers! We present to your attention the ninth issue of the Logistics magazine, in which we have collected and combined relevant materials. On the pages of the new issue, we paid close attention to the personnel problem. You will be interested in SuperJob's research on changes in demand for personnel over the year, salaries of truck drivers and warehouse staff. Our author V.S.
The article analyzes practical aspects of tactical planning process organization with the usage of linear programming methods at one of the largest Russian metallurgical companies.
Key words. Supply chain optimization, tactical planning, mathematical programming.
The article discusses the placement of multi-modal terminal and logistics complexes (MTLC) in places of close interaction between different modes of transport. Particular attention is paid to placing MTLC in the logistically unique place ‒ city Gudermes, Chechen Republic which is located at the intersection of the Trans-Caspian route TRACECA and Astrakhan direction of the North-South corridor to the Caspian Sea countries and beyond.
Key words. Multimodal transport and logistics sector, Transport and logistics center (TLC), transport infrastructure, Novorossiysk port, TRACECA, port of Makhachkala, the North-South corridor, the Chechen republic, Gudermes.
In the article the practice of the development of logistics centers (LC) in the Asia-Pacific region: investing in infrastructure LC, throughput, and transport links with other regions are considered.
Key words. Logistics Centers in the Asia-Pacific region, throughput.
Questions of improvement of processes of processing of domestic Far East fish products and optimization of transportation of this transport to the Central Russia are exclusively actual now. For the solution of these tasks logistic cluster approach and an assessment of movement of a flow of cargo on the basis of the adaptive organization of cargo traffics can be the most effective tools. Set of these two methods allows to reach the high speed of delivery of Far East fish products to Moscow with the high quality.
Key words. Perishable сargoes, transport and logistic cluster, refrigerator containers, adaptive system, organization of cargo traffics.
Taking into account the analysis of the integration ways of transport and forwarding activities it is shown that in the new market forms of doing business, the realization of transportation requires two contour forms of contractual relations. These considerations are based on the actual facts of PJSC TransContainer activities, which give the opportunity to convert the freight-forwarding activities into transport and logistics ones.
Key words. Transport and logistics systems in the conditions of the market relations, emergence and synergy of the transport company, organizational and executive contracts, two-contour contract system, long-term transport and logistics relationships, integration, export of transport services, focus company.
What criteria guided small businesses, choosing a logistics provider? What opportunities provides the logistics provider for the small business? In what direction to develop further? Why today is the most important choice criterion is the speed of delivery? The answers to these and other questions we will try to give in this article.
Key words. Small business, providers of logistic services, speed of delivery, selection criteria, advantages.
The article highlights the importance of intralogistics, allowing companies to use internal reserves to increase its competitiveness. It suggests and describes methods for accelerating the material flow in enterprise intralogistics system.
Key words. Material flow, enterprise intralogistics system, logistics procedure/operation, mixed system, quality, customization point, postponement.
The questions assess the activities of logistics companies from the standpoint of quality, efficiency and Economics based on the proposed model of the production function in the form of a convex upward monotonous dependence with saturation, approximated by a hyperbola. Proposed procedure for determining the economically justified level of effort of the company for the provision of transport services, as well as methods of multi-criteria evaluation and selection strategy for improvement of logistics activities, using method of hierarchy analysis.
Key words. Evaluation of logistics companies, production function model, the choice of development strategy, the method of analysis of hierarchies.