The increased complexity of business behaviour leaded to the appearance of new techniques, tools and technologies to fulfil market demands. The need for managing networked logistics or global supply chain is recognised due to the importance of the optimal control of logistic functions, such as...

Energy, apart from raw materials, is one of the main factors of production in the activity of industrial companies, which simultaneously constitute the most important group of energy consumers. Interdependence of the industrial sector and the electricity market brings about that the changes in...

Increase in the effectiveness and the reduction of costs are still important up-to-date targets for the today’s companies. To achieve good and fast results in these areas, the companies focus their attention on supply chains. The leadership can be gained only by those who, together with...

Supply chain management is focused on achieving better results (larger benefits) for all involved parties, than achieved by working in isolation. However, a lack of awareness about the existence of constraints along the supply chain, or lack of knowledge how to overcome it, decreases the...

There is no universal solution method for the design of materials handling systems, which can be applied in all of the system varieties. Probably the best method is the using of an integrated design process, but it can also be problematic in certain cases. In this paper I show a new design...

The design and operation of logistic systems is a complex problem of engineering. The optimization of logistic systems and processes is the key factor of the economical operation. There are different methods and tools to support this optimization field. The networking of the logistic systems and...

The globalisation of the economy, which can be described by the reduction of transportation, communication and management costs, has changed the structure of logistics processes including purchasing, production, distribution and recycling. Production companies try to optimise their supply chain...

The fixed destination MmTSP (multi-depot multiple travelling salesman problem) is an np hard problem, which can’t be solved in polynomial time. Against the traditional TSP problem here there are more travelling salesmen which seek out the cities. Every city is visited by once by any of the...

Article examines the problems associated with the development of transport infrastructure in the area of agribusiness. One of the sources that can co-finance the development of logistics infrastructure are EU funds. The article presents the use of EU funds in the financing of transport...

The demand for improving business processes has a very wide range of literature and even very popular not only in academic life, but also among business experts. The topic is particularly actual even today as there is a lot of debate and confusion regarding to the boundaries and scope of...