In order to achieve competitive advantage, each company has to determine its strategic position in relation to its suppliers and buyers, and to realize how behavior of supply chain participants influence on overall supply chain functionality. Supply chains with high level of synchronization of...

Economic subjects give more and more consideration to decisions connected to the measurement of performances and supply chain metrics. This paper explains the performances of categories within the supply chain which can be measured and according to that, influence on the continuous improvement...

In the global competitive environment, enterprises can only survive in the long term by permanently improving their business. They have limited resources and they face very harsh conditions, therefore they can significantly improve their business results, if they improve the organization of...

The knowledge, as the main factor of national's economy competitive ability, is the bed of each country's development. Universities are the frame of society based on knowledge which integration is main precondition for their undisturbedly activities. Three basic aspects imposed as a crucial...

A well-designed information system is a key element of logistics in the chain of managing, organizing and operating in both profit and nonprofit organizations. The advantages of applying strategic management in the development of information technologies contribute to positive development of...

Due to consumers’ concern about their health and the rise of their ecological conciseness demand for organic food is increasing. There is an increase in a number of total agricultural land surface used for organic farming and it is estimated that it is about 10% of total agricultural land...

Clients are coming randomly and are served immediately if there is a free serving station in the system, and if all the stations are occupied, they enter the queue. After being served they leave the system. There are many serving systems depending on: the process which describes arrival; serving...

With new trends in data distribution, inovative models of data distribution are developed. One of these models is EDI (Electronic Data Interchange). EDI is standardized method for transferring data between different computer systems or computer networks. It facilitates computer-to-computer...

Double marginalization occurs in vertical industries when both the upstream and downstream firms have monopoly power. Each firm reduces output from the competitive level to the monopoly level,creating two deadweight losses. This market myopia creates a "vertical externality" that vertical...

The paper sets out from the definition of the value chain upon which follows the analysis of the value chain structure ih the food sector. Special attention is paid to market forms in the food sector (competition, agreements, oligopolistic constellation and the like). After that, modern form of...