In 2019 in accordance with our traditions we release the first issue on the eve of the Moscow International Logistics Forum (MFF). This is an important meeting of industry professionals, where the results of the past year are discussed, development plans for the near future are made.
In front of you there is the 12th issue of the journal, by means of which we are completing the year of 2018. At the end of the year it is a good practice to sum up and make plans for the future. Leading players in the warehouse market, for example, have already done this at the end of November during the VI Annual Round Table on Warehouse Real Estate - Industrial Bollywood. You can read the details about the event on the pages of the journal.
We present to your attention the 11th issue of the journal, in which we have tried to collect relevant and reliable information, ranging from classic supply chains to logistic innovations.
For those who are interested in innovations in the field of logistics, we recommend to read the article written in Comitas company on high-speed sorting systems, as well as the article written in the STILL company, which shares its experience in automating the new European distribution center of the CASA furniture store network.
The current state and functioning of the «North – South» ITC as a logistics system for the development of Russia's foreign economic relations with the countries of Central Asia, the Near and Middle East, and India is considered. The importance of the «North – South» ITC to integrate the Russian transport system into the New Silk Road routes in the directions of cargo delivery to India and Iran is shown. Volume, time and cost indicators of routes are given and analyzed, competitive niches for the Russian export of transport services on the rout are indicated.
Article about practical and social importance of finding methods and ways for developing carriage of perishable cargo.
Key words. Perishable cargo, carriage, optimization.
Annotation. The article discusses the importance of freight forwarding activities for the Russian economy and its foreign economic relations. The state of the legal and regulatory framework governing the freight forwarding activities in Russia is analyzed, as well as its main regulatory documents are assessed. The problems hampering the development of transport forwarding in our country are reavealed. The analysis and the possibility of using foreign experience in the regulation of transport and forwarding activities is propsed.
The article discusses the key problems of current logistics performance in the case USA, China and Russia. It shows the basic trends of logistics and sea trade development in the countries. Based on the key findings there are suggested possible solutions to these problems.
Key words. Logistics, international sea delivery, sea transport, freight, global market, government logistics regulation.
The issues tasks of the development of the transport and logistics infrastructure and prospects for the development of logistics capabilities in the countries of the Eurasian Union are considered. The main restrictions in the sphere of transport are presented.
The article defines the indicators of transport infrastructure, which have a key impact on the socio-economic indicators of the Volgograd region. Standardized coefficients are calculated that allow to determine the degree of contribution of each -variable to the linear multiple regression equation. It is shown that the growth in the values of the indicators «Density of communication lines for motor transport» and «Number of transport enterprises» has the greatest influence on dependent variables.