<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The purpose of the supply chain management is to ensure a competitive advantage as well as specific added value for the benefit of all supply chain links. Appropriate management practices generate many benefits, allow for savings in particular segments of the supply chain by means of cost reduction, which in turn directly leads to the competitiveness of enterprises belonging to a specific chain. The above-mentioned issues have become the subject of this thesis. Therefore, the British American Tobacco distribution network is strategically analyzed. A location and number of distribution centers will be i.a. taken into account. Reduction in the number of distribution centers will be suggested in order to reduce logistics costs in the supply chain, i.e. transport and storage. The studies were carried out based on the analysis of flows and route planning of the logistics operator for the transport of the company's products.</p></abstract>

The purpose of the supply chain management is to ensure a competitive advantage as well as specific added value for the benefit of all supply chain links. Appropriate management practices generate many benefits, allow for savings in particular segments of the supply chain by means of cost reduction, which in turn directly leads to the competitiveness of enterprises belonging to a specific chain. The above-mentioned issues have become the subject of this thesis. Therefore, the British American Tobacco distribution network is strategically analyzed. A location and number of distribution centers will be i.a. taken into account. Reduction in the number of distribution centers will be suggested in order to reduce logistics costs in the supply chain, i.e. transport and storage. The studies were carried out based on the analysis of flows and route planning of the logistics operator for the transport of the company's products.

Supply Chain Management in a Production Company

Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science

Agricultural Engineering

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The purpose of the supply chain management is to ensure a competitive advantage as well as specific added value for the benefit of all supply chain links....

Supply Chain Management in a Production Company

Published Online: Nov 29, 2019

Page range: 61 - 69

Received: Aug 01, 2019

Accepted: Sep 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2019-0026

Keywords
supply chain, management, cross-docking, company, costs

© 2019 Katarzyna Grotkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Supply Chain Management in a Production Company

Published Online: Nov 29, 2019

Page range: 61 - 69

Received: Aug 01, 2019

Accepted: Sep 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2019-0026

Keywordssupply chain, management, cross-docking, company, costs

© 2019 Katarzyna Grotkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
supply chain, management, cross-docking, company, costs