Distributive trade represents a significant economic activity within national economy that links and mediates between production and consumption. Its importance is commonly indicated by its contribution to the national GDP and labour force employment. Institutionally, distributive trade is...

Globalization today is one of the most significant changes in the environment. Global electronic market has characteristics of a free market and free participants in the supply chain. Strategic concept of the interorganizational management in the global electronic market is conditioned by the...

Manufacturer's concepts for direct supply to food retailers have already been replaced in the 1970s by establishment of logistical supply networks and concepts. The development of IT-based enterprise resource planning systems and the design of efficient networks of stores consequently led to...

In recent years, changes relating to logistics approaches have been observed. Logistics activities at a micro level have begun to gain an importance compared to logistics activities at the macro level although global logistics are still important. Urban logistics, also known as city logistics,...

One of the world’s strongest industries – information technology (IT) industry, is constantly facing ever increasing need for change. A short life cycle of IT products and continuous investment in innovation (production, distribution, recycling) led to a significant evolution of supply chain...

Retail stores sell products to consumers. Their ability to sell depends upon the availability of the planned assortment, i.e. every item is on shelf so that the consumer can buy it. In particular, for fast moving consumer goods, like food, the consumer expects that each item is on stock. The...

Today we still have some doubts about definition of logistics, thus we strive to find a uniform one. As very professionals CSCMP gave definition of logistics which we found not suitable for definition of logistics in general, since it covers only business and industrial area. Our general...

The ability of rapid inventory turnover indicates the success of a company in the use of their investments in inventory as a major business asset of the trading company. The inventory turnover expresses the speed at which the trading company sells its inventories or how much turnover the average...

Logistics includes diferent business activities of all enterprises, as well as other entities of the social structure, which are focused on efficiently organizing the flow of products and services from point of delivery to the place of its reception. Throughout the history, it has evolved from...

There is a strong need to provide green fuel for transport purposes. One of the candidate solutions is the hydrogen energy, but there are many challenges the prospective hydrogen economy is facing with, especially from the logistics point of view. There are rapid developments on the field of...