Purpose: The purpose of the article is to show the diversity of logistics development in European countries at the national and regional level, taking into account the countries of Western, Central and Eastern Europe. The focus is on the development of logistics in Poland, a country with a special location in Europe between Germany, the leader in European and global logistics, and Russia. Design/Methodology/Approach: Research includes changes in the volume of freight transport by air, rail, road and sea in 33 countries in 2010-2018. Spatiotemporal analysis of statistical data with the use of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and ArcMap 10.5 is proposed. Findings: Logistics in Europe is strongly diversified in national and regional terms. In most countries, logistics developed for all modes of transport during the period considered. The development of the logistics system in Poland mainly involved road, rail and sea transport. Air transport of goods increased to a lesser extent. The integration process of Central and Eastern European logistics with German logistics is visible. Practical Implications: The contribution of the research is to show the general interrelationships between logistics policy and initiatives at the national level and changes in the volume of freight transport across the most important transport branches. Originality/Value: Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to represent the changes occurring in logistics in Europe. Identification of countries and regions with different logistics development models and paths.
The objective of the article is an attempt to identify the term logistic networks in the context of the analysis of networks and logistics concept as the basic components, as well as the specification of the main challenges for international logistic networks, resulting from the changes occurring in the global economy system as a result of globalisation. The article focuses on two main concepts. The first one is the analysis of logistic networks as a special case of networks, where individual participants are autonomous, cooperating and competing entities, and the network itself has a large variability both in terms of participants' fluctuation and structure. The second concept narrows the analysis area to logistics networks that are derived from networks and supply chains. The adoption of this approach results in targeting primarily cooperation systems.Streszczenie: Celem niniejszego artykułu jest próba zidentyfikowania pojęcia sieci logistyczne w kontekście analizy koncepcji sieci i logistyki jako podstawowych składowych, oraz wskazanie głównych wyzwań dla międzynarodowych sieci logistycznych wynikających ze zmian zachodzących w systemie gospodarki światowej pod wpływem globalizacji. W artykule skoncentrowano się na dwóch głównych koncepcjach. Pierwszą z nich jest analiza sieci logistycznych jako szczególnego przypadku sieci, gdzie poszczególni jej uczestnicy stanowią podmioty autonomiczne, współpracujące i konkurujące ze sobą, a sama sieć posiada dużą zmienność zarówno pod kątem fluktuacji uczestników, jak i struktury. Druga koncepcja zawęża obszar analizy do sieci logistycznych będących pochodna sieci i łańcuchów dostaw. Przyjęcie tego podejścia skutkuje ukierunkowaniem przede wszystkim na systemy kooperacji.Słowa kluczowe: logistyka, logistyka międzynarodowa, sieci logistyczne, łańcuch dostaw.
Purchase of milk in the conditions of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic 2019-nCoV, causing COVID-19 disease, since the first months of 2020, has resulted in numerous changes in the organization of the processes of raw materials acquisition and distribution, their processing and sale, as well as information flows accompanying these processes. One of the areas which is to some extent subject to specific changes is the organisation of passenger and freight transport, including transport to processing plants for raw milk obtained from farmers. The solution proposed in the article was created on the basis of interviews conducted in the spring of 2020 with 25 farmers – milk producers. The solution assumes maximum limitation of direct contacts between carriers and farmers during collection of raw milk from farms, as well as improvement of the system of transferring information about the quality of raw material obtained from farms and receivables for the producer.
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