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The global economy is undergoing faster and faster transformations. Certainly, logistics be-longs to one of the most rapidly changing areas, including supply chain management. A mo-dern and perspective supply chain is becoming more and more integrated, works under time pressure and carries out tasks on ever greater distances so that the delivery was made in ac-cordance with the expectations of the...
Benchmarking is a management method, which involves, among other things, improving the efficiency of an organization by identifying, analyzing, adapting and implementing solutions used by most effective organizations. Benchmarking has been successfully implemented in Polish enterprises. For several years there has been an increase in the importance of bench-marking, especially among companies possessing...
Emerging market changes and increasing environmental awareness of consumers caused the pursuit to implement the principles of sustainable development along the entire supply chain. However, creating such chains is not easy. The purpose of this article is to seek an-swers to the question: how to manage the supply chain for it to be sustainable?
In this article, the issue of the creation of logistics centres and their influence on sustainable development of regions and countries where they are located will be discussed. European experience shows that this type of investment requires support from national and local gov-ernments (in accordance with principles of Public Private Partnerships), by way of including them in their development strategies...
The current super dynamic and ultra-competitive market requires logistics service providers to innovate in order to improve their competitive edge. Looking at their efforts a trend emerges of businesses putting their weight behind finding areas which could give them long-term competitive advantage. Some of them foresaw sustainable development as the concept of the future. This paper sets out to address...
In this article the change in attitude to the innovation process is described. The growing im-portance of knowledge and information causes modifications both in the type of innovation and the innovation process. Linear or closed innovation models are no longer appropriate with respect to knowledge-based products. At present, scientific discovery becomes the first step to new product development. Costs...
Many definitions of “sustainable development” can be found in the literature. As some sources say the most frequently quoted definition is given in the Brundtland Report. It de-fines sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sustainable devel-opment understood in that sense contains two...
Celem artykułu jest określenie wpływu stosowanych praktyk zarządzania łańcuchem dostaw na zdolność do osiągania celów ekologicznych i społecznych łańcucha dostaw. W badaniach zastosowano metodę studium przypadku, która umożliwia zarówno analizę jak i dokonywa-nie uogólnień w odniesieniu do złożonych i wielowarstwowych problemów badawczych. Ba-danie zostało przeprowadzone w siedzibie i oddziałach europejskiego...
The aim of this paper is to provide an outline of the author’s view on urbanity based on con-cepts developed in city logistics. The author, based on a review of multiple aspects of urban development, shows the importance of logistics in terms of the city's logistics absorptive po-wer in order to create public and semi-public space as well as improving the quality of life by way of developing the urban...
Transformations on the postal market that have occurred since the end of the 1990s extorted Poczta Polska S.A. from implementation of changes in many areas of its activity. The purpose of these transformations is to adapt to new legal requirements, technical and technological changes and to cope with the growing competition within the postal market. Factors playing an essential role with regard to...
In the context of global freight flows and increased competition between ports, this article deals with the question how the Seine River Valley and its ports rate in the European geogra-phy of exchanges of saleable goods. It is discussed what transport infrastructures the Seine River Valley has and what opportunities will need to have to confront the stakes involved in development. The strategic position...
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