Consolidation as a Key to Success – an European Transport Enterprise Case Study

• Main Authors: Aldona Kusminska-Fijalkowska, Zbigniew Lukasik, Jacek Kozyra
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gdynia Maritime University 2019-12-01
• Series: TransNav: International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation
• Subjects: european transport enterprise; key to success; success; globalization; logistic supply chain; transport costs; transport process; consolidation
• Online Access: http://www.transnav.eu/files/Consolidation as a Key to Success – an European Transport Enterprise Case Study,969.pdf

Transport is one of the key elements allowing to achieve goals, tasks and plans. Transport need results from the necessity of moving from one place to another. To make it happen, the resource in the form of a means of transport is necessary. Another aspect is organizational actions. The basic source of transport demand is diversity of distribution of the factors allowing to run business. Due to globalization of economy, range and frequency of transports have considerably increased. New logistic chains, networks of terminals and intermodal connections are being created every year. The goal of all these actions is to reduce transport costs and improve the whole process. The authors of this article set a goal of defining the role of optimization of transport costs using a consolidation service. Conducted analysis confirmed that consolidation services reduce the costs of transport of small cargos.