Sources of Rail Transport Efficiency in Supply Chains

Abstract

Railway transport is of special strategic importance for Russia. The unconditional leader of both the domestic and the world rail transport market is JSC "Russian Railways" with a charter capital of 2212238.7 million rubles. Given the technical characteristics of the company, it is worth noting that the operational length of railways of JSC "Russian Railways" is 85.5 thousand km; the number of freight cars of all types -196,300, freight trunk locomotives -11,8 thousand, passenger locomotives -3,1 thousand, passenger carriages of long-distance -21 thousand. JSC "Russian Railways" -being a participant in the supply chain needs to find sources for enhancing efficiency of its activities. In this regard, the objective of this study is to determine the sources of the company's performance in the process of its interaction with suppliers of material and technical resources, on the one hand, and consumers of services, on the other. For this purpose, the research work analyzes the main indicators of commercial activity of JSC "Russian Railway"; reveals trends and prospects for the company's development. To improve the management of suppliers of material and technical resources for the needs of JSC "Russian Railways", the company's strategic goals, activities for their achievement and key indicators of supply efficiency are defined. As part of improving the quality and accessibility of rail transport services the overall level of satisfaction of cargo owners with the quality of railway transport services was carried out.

Sources To Improve Efficiency Of Liquefied Gases Delivery By Rail

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