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Development of freight rates in Polish road transport - can Polish forwarders compete on price with German fowarders?
Get PDFThis article presents research on the development of freight rates in Polish road transport in the next few years. This is very relevant for competition with German companies, as Polish road carriers possess almost 90% of the "Poland-Germany" and "Germany-Poland" transport market. Discussed are the reasons for and level of cost advantage, as well as factors influencing costs in road freight transport (e.g. wages, depreciation, maintenance, taxes, elimination of border controls with Germany, EU regulations and standards, technology, cabtage, human capital). It is concluded that it can be expected that, leaving highly volatile fuel prices out of consideration, during the next couple of years Polish road carriers are likely to keep their cost advantage compared to their German competitors
EU methods of transport external costs internalization and the situation in Poland
No full textThis article presents some basic instruments proposed by the European Union in order to internalize negative external effects of transport. The problem of negative externalities has gained importance all over the world and requires action in order to prevent further environmental degradation and reduce the negative influence on health and life. Poland, as a new member state of the EU where these costs are higher than in many other countries, should advance the implementation of instruments for internalization of external costs
People in contemporary organizations
No full textIn this article the importance of issues related to human resources for the development of logistics and transport are discussed. Well-motivated employees are a specific kind of capital for a company, determining its successes or failures, its development or decline
Information flow in CPFR strategy
No full textInformation flows are often of greater importance than material and financial flows. As a result the competitive advantage of a company is largely determined by the internal and external communication system. Efficient and timely information exchange are of particular importance for the management of integrated supply chains. However, this information flow may be a barrier for trade partners at the same time. In the light of modern logistic conceptions such as CPFR, where a thorougly prepared system of data exchange between partners is essential, the current challenge is the opening up of companies for the informational needs of their partners
Logistic analysis of car service stations using elements of the Dempster-Shafer theory
No full textThe number of authorised and unauthorised car service stations in Poland increases as a result of the continuous increase in the number of cars. Car owners would like to obtain a high-quality but cheap car service. In this paper some logistic aspects of car service in authorised car service stations are presented, based on a sample of 204 cars. The data collected, which cover a period of three months, are analysed with the aim to identify opportunities for improving the functioning of car service stations from a technical and organisational point of view
Chosem elements of the crisis management during a flood
No full textThis article describes issues connected with the crisis management, its essence and stages in relation to the crisis situation of the flood. There are four phases of crisis management prsented: prevence, preparation, reaction and reconsctruction in the context of the flood that happened in Poland in 1997 and its consequences
Logistics education at Lower Silesia
No full textThe situation of logistics of Wrocław city and Dolny Śląsk region in subject of education in logistics, transport and sedition at secondary, higher school, post diploma studies and vocational courses
Products category in trade companies
No full textCategory management is a new trend in logistics and marketing. It become a real challenge for a top management. The essence is in having adequate information about a client and from a client. The category process, including segmentation, is a chance for a company to higher customer service level, cost reduction and making higher profits
Outsourcing of the logistic operators
No full textIf we observe the market, where there are translocation processes you will notice the following trend: the strong stream of mass-production goods, where customers want to get the goods in the "Home to home" or "door to door" system; in connection with increasing production specialization, in logistic operators the demand for supplying small parcels (packages) grows; customers want to know the time of delivery, the quality of all delivery processes and they want to pay low prices; the demand for all full services provided by logistic operators increases. Before many firms decide on outsourcing
Fuzzy controlling of traffic lights in neuralgic city points
No full textIn this paper fuzzy methods which can be used in steering traffic lights are presented. It is shown, why fuzzy methods are more adequate for specified problems than probabilistic methods. The fuzzy methods and way of their determination are based on a learning set