Problems of Method in Planning the Production Infrastructure

Abstract

The reorientation of the national economy toward the intensive type of reproduction emphasizes the role of such factors as the increasing division of labor and the development of specialization and cooperation in social production. This problem is particularly important for machine building and agriculture. In machine building, this means making the transition from a system of predominantly unspecialized enterprises to a system of narrowly specialized, highly effective enterprises. In agriculture, in addition to this there is the problem of developing interzonal specialization of production and, in particular, of concentrating the production of various crops in the most appropriate zones. In both instances, with the introduction of new forms of production organization, there is a sharp increase in the volume of cooperative deliveries and an increased load on transport, communications, and warehouses—on everything that is commonly called the production infrastructure.