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 problem of planning cargo delivery to container terminals for consolidation into cargo containers is considered. The proposed models combine into a single general model orders for the delivery of shipped goods to the container terminal for subsequent shipment by railway transport and the reverse task of removing the arrived goods from the terminal and delivery to the final consignee. Algorithms for finding optimal routes and a software package implementing them are proposed. Examples are given.
Key words. Logistics providers, container terminals, LCL containers, consolidation and de-consolidation, combination of import and export of goods, transportation chains, optimal routes, optimization models and algorithms, software.
Annotation. The article analyzes the work of railway transport during the period of sanctions against Russia and made a forecast for the development of the transport industry, taking into account the problems of not only globalization, but also the regionalization of the world economy. The problems associated with the reorientation of cargo flows to the East, as well as factors affecting international logistics are considered.
Key words. Logistics, globalization, regionalization, rail transport, economics.
Annotation. The article is devoted to the problem of the emergence of «strategic losses», which is associated with most modern companies. Discusses the possibility of using integrated business planning to continuously align initial quantitative targets with the actual results of the organization's activities.
Key words. Strategic gap, planning flexibility and adaptability, elements of integrated business planning, integrated business planning cycle, dynamic planning.
Annotation. The article considers the technology for improving the supply processes of an industrial enterprise, aimed at ensuring the uninterrupted movement of the incoming material flow and part of the internal material flow. Recommendations are proposed for changing approaches to inventory and procurement management, generating reports in the enterprise information system, compiling documented procedures for the procurement and inventory management business processes of an industrial enterprise.
Key words. Logistics, supply, inventory management, purchasing, information system, KPI, documented procedure.
Annotation. The article discusses the prospects for the development of Armenia's logistics capabilities, taking into account new challenges and requirements in the South Caucasus region. In this regard, the logistical possibilities of Armenia for the implementation of new trade and economic relations and cargo transportation between the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, the European Union and India, Iran, China, which are of great socio-economic importance and can become a guarantor of stability and peace in the region and far beyond its borders, are presented.
Key words. Logistics, South Caucasus, Armenia, transport, transport infrastructure, dry port, transport communications.
Annotation. Today, the development of transport corridors is connected not only with the improvement of the transport industry and infrastructure, but also with the introduction of digitalization in all its processes. The proposed article describes the algorithm of digitalization of existing and organization of new transport corridors, and offers suggestions for their modernization.
Key words. Transport corridor, digitalization, development, transportation, modern conditions, digital twins, transport industry.
Annotation. The study reveals the origin of the term «logistics», understood as the management of material flows and stocks. The method of qualitative content analysis of authentic translations into Russian of historical documents, which are considered in educational and scientific literature, as sources of the name logistics, is used.
Key words. Logistics, terminology, content analysis, historical documents.