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.
Dear readers! First of all, we would like to welcome all participants of the grand industry event – the CeMAT RUSSIA exhibition, which will be held from September 17 to 19, 2024, in Moscow, Crocus Expo IEC, Pavilion 1. LOGISTICS magazine will be presented at the event, we invite you to our stand C309, where you can get acquainted with the latest issue of the magazine and find out the terms of cooperation with the editorial office.
Annotation. The article determines the specific cost of sorting and the optimal number of sorting channels for the following commodity sorting algorithms: one-stage with, continuous feed to the conveyor from the reception; multi-stage with continuous supply to the conveyor from the receiving station; multi-stage with periodic feeding to the conveyor from the acceptance; multi-stage with complex sorting; two-stage with pre-sorting. The dependence of the daily capacity of the sorter on the number of channels is shown. The analysis of the total unit costs for sorting by 300 goals showed that the minimum unit costs are provided by the pre-sorting scheme.
Key words. Sorting goods in a warehouse, sorter, sorting channels, sorting scheme, sorting algorithm, cost of sorting operations, cost of sorting system, fulfillment.
Annotation. The article shown that ensuring visibility / traceability throughout the supply chain today is becoming a prerequisite for all contractors in the value chain – from the supplier of raw materials to the retailer. Attention is focused on the role of labeling in the context of improving the visibility and traceability of the supply chains of goods of the FMCG sector. The trends of improving marking systems in the context of digitalization are analyzed and the main factors that influence the importance of improving traceability and the introduction of digital marking are identified. The business case of building a digital system for monitoring and labeling food products is considered.
Key words. Labeling, digitalization, supply chain, traceability, visibility, monitoring.
Annotation. The training element «Supply Chain Modeling» of the specialized module «Supply Chain Management» was detailed in the unified educational-methodical module program for the cycle of disciplines of the specialty «Marketing and Logistics», developed at the Gomel branch of MITSO International University. Primary attention is paid to aspects of increased difficulty in studying: the formation of a general model for ensuring the competitiveness of an enterprise participating in supply chains; development of a model of a competitiveness management system of an enterprise participating in supply chains; features of the organization of the educational process in the field of DRM concept for specialists of various specialties.
Key words. Supply chain management concept, supply chain participant, general model of ensuring competitiveness of a supply chain participant, modified model of competitiveness management system of a supply chain participant, comprehensive end-to-end research task, training in CSP.
Annotation. The transport and logistics services industry has been one of the driving forces of the national economy for a long time. The favorable geographical position on the way of movement of goods flows from Asia to Europe makes the territory of Russia a kind of logistics hub for storing and moving goods from China to the countries of Europe and America. However, with the development of the digital economy, a significant increase in the volume of goods traffic, and increased requirements of shippers from China for the speed of order processing, the issue of automating the business processes of domestic companies engaged in providing transport and logistics services becomes urgent. In the conditions of digitalization of the world economy, Russia's favorable geographical position ceases to be a clear competitive advantage. Competitive advantages in the XXI st century economy are the degree of process automation, speed and quality of order processing.
Key words. Transport, logistics, digitalization, cargo transportation, logistics outsourcing.
Annotation. In all production and economic processes there is necessarily a fuel component represented by financial costs for fuel purchase. The transport of goods is no exception. The value of the fuel component has a direct impact on the profitability of freight transport, including river transport. One of the real directions of increasing the profitability of freight transportation is the reduction of this component.
Key words. Profitability, fuel consumption, fuel component, river freight, ship, dry truck, river.