
Dear readers, we are pleased to present the ninth issue of the journal “LOGISTICS” for 2026. The issue features articles that not only reflect current industry trends but also provide practical guidance for managerial decision‑making.
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Annotation. Purpose of this article is to application of functional formula method for seeking of optimum integration mechanism variant in accordance with cooperation level of supply chain particitants. For solvation of this problem was used researching cooperation. Of manufacturing, transportation, trade enterprice, store’s operators inside different forms of cooperative activities was solved the multistep taskof distribution integration mechanism optimization. The result of this work is the recommendation for selecting of priority integration mechanism integration for step to step moving of supplying chain participants from minimum to more higher level of cooperation.
Key words. Integration mechanism, supplying chain participants, dynamic programming, functional formula, Bellman optymisation principal, cooperative planning, suppliers motivation, information integration.