Abstract
The article outlines certain methodological aspects of substantiating ways to increase the efficiency of using freight transport. One of the priority areas in training highly qualified specialists in the economic field is teaching them the most rational and objective methods of analysis, the results of which are necessary for the development and substantiation of real and objective management decisions, the implementation of which in production and financial activities of enterprises will help to increase the economic efficiency of using material resources, including trucks. The system of performance indicators for the work of freight transport includes summarizing and particular indicators. The research results show that the efficiency of trucks has significantly decreased: the truck availability rate by 5.6%, the loaded mileage proportion by 24.0%, the load factor by 26.8%. The decrease in the efficiency of using trucks indicates the need to develop and substantiate optimal management decisions in order to improve the use of trucks. In order to increase the validity of management decisions, it is proposed to use a new coefficient characterizing the level of use of the operating factor of technically ready trucks. This makes it possible to improve the accuracy of calculating reserves and planning the work of freight transport.
Highlights
For example, the truck availability rate decreased by 5.6%, the loaded mileage proportion decreased by 24.0% and the load factor decreased by 26.8%
The published scientific works highlighting the methods to assess the use of trucks present factor models of the volume of work performed, which most often consist of absolute factor indicators of the first order: VCT = NT ∙ АDO1T ∙ DMC1А * Average truck load (ATL), where VCT is the volume of cargo turnover, tonnekilometre; NT is the average number of trucks, units; АDO1T are automobile-days in operation per 1 truck; DMC1A is the average daily mileage of 1 truck with cargo, km; ATL is the average truck load, t
It should be noted that it is necessary to apply another coefficient to characterize the operating factor of technically ready trucks, which is calculated by the ratio of the number of days in operation to the number of days in technical readiness: FOTRT = ADO : ADTA or FOTRT = ADO1T : ADTA1T
Summary
To assess the efficiency of freight transport, a whole system of both generalizing and particular indicators is used. This is due to the fact that some indicators make it possible to characterize a specific aspect of the operation of trucks, but do not allow comprehensive characterizing the economic efficiency of using the company's truck fleet.
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