Supply chain transportation management

Abstract

The smooth unfolding of supply chains is of particular importance for the quality of life of all citizens. They provide the necessary inputs for the production, as well as their delivery to customers or end users. Any disruption in the unfolding of supply chains results in a disruption of the balance between supply and demand on the market, with all the negative consequences, from shortages of certain products, inflation, to the emergence of the black market, crime and in extreme cases conflicts and wars. The transportation process connects all phases of the supply chain, from the delivery of raw materials to production facilities, through storage to distribution to the end users of the product. Likewise, transportation enables the development of a circular economy and the waste management after the consumption of the product, for the purpose of recycling and reuse in production, i.e. permanent, harmless disposal of that part of the waste that can no longer be recycled. In the paper, applying the methods of scientific cognition, it is proved that the supply chain can't take place without transportation and that management of the transportation process is a condition for the quality unfolding of the supply chain.