Dear readers! We present to your attention the third issue of the LOGISTICS journal for 2025. Our editorial staff, like all our colleagues, is preparing for the TransRussia 2025 exhibition, the largest event in the industry. In this issue, we have prepared an interview with Natalia Lomunova, Director of TransRussia, with whom we are talking about a flexible approach, new participants and digital services. We continue the series of articles from P.V.
Dear readers! We present to your attention the first issue of the LOGISTICS journal in 2025. First of all, we would like to draw readers' attention to our new partner R1 Development, a development company that creates a new generation environment and specializes in the construction of industrial, logistics, commercial and residential real estate. One of the projects of R1 Development is the Druzhba industrial park network.
Dear readers! We present to your attention the final issue of the LOGISTICS journal in 2024. We have tried to make it rich and interesting. Today, many Russian companies operate under strict sanctions restrictions, which force them to reorient logistics flows. One of the possible solutions to this problem may be the Russia – Mongolia – China economic corridor. Details can be found in the article by Alexandra Kazunina.
This issue of the “LOGISTICS” journal is entirely devoted to innovative technologies in logistics.
It is encouraging to note that innovative technologies are changing our life for the better. Innovations are formed not only as internal developments of the Russian companies, but also as industrial and inter-industrial projects, which is reflected in the articles published in this issue.
In the article by Vladimir Puchenkov the possibilities and peculiarities of the application of drones in warehouses are considered. The question of using different devices in warehouses is reflected in the article by Sergei Gnezdilov "What are the intralogistics gadgets?" Automation of processing slow-going and unsalable goods, merchandise returns, special articles, as well as electronic orders by means of KNAPP-Store technology is described in the article «KNAPP-Store ‒ new opportunities for your business." The world's leading manufacturer of roller components and systems - the INTERROLL company shares a secret of high-speed formation of mixed orders based on the technology of gravity shelf storage. You can find this material in the article "Speed at the warehouse determines the current storage technology."
Maxim Komissarov shows how to use the tools of conventional units of selection for the through calculation of the effectiveness in different areas of the warehouse. We hope that his article will be useful for those who are in search of working key performance indicators (KPI).
As you know, the new is a well-forgotten old. You are welcome to read the discussion paper by Evgeniy Dubrovin and Igor Dubrovin "Return of the Forgotten Locomotives"! It is interesting to know, whether locomotives will be able to press vacuum trains which are presented by Olga Likhova in her article "Analysis of the development of the vacuum train project and comparison of its efficiency with existing modes of transport".
Problems and prospects for the development of rail transport in the Russian Federation through the implementation of innovative projects are discussed in detail in the article by Alexander Safronov "Development of the railway transport in the Russian Federation: innovative projects and problems of their implementation".
Nikolai Gudz and Eduard Kondratyev share their experience of building the successfully operating lean methodology with the readers. To learn from other people's mistakes, and not to make your own ones we suggest reading these authors' article "The major mistakes in the development of lean manufacturing".