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Globalisation as well as integration of trade markets, quick development and transfer of information and communication technologies (ICT), geographically dislocated manufacturing, development of automated systems production, growing demands of customers and a big number of further factors lead to increasing demands concerning the quality of logistics as well as general logistic systems. It is generally known that logistics deals with organising, planning and controlling streams of ready products, services, materials, raw materials, and semi-products used during manufacturing processes while taking into account the need to satisfy all requirements of the market. At the same time investment and capital costs are to be minimised. Today´s turbulent enterprising environment requires constant search for new methods on the basis of which it is possible to effectively propose, implement, control and optimise logistic systems dedicated for special usage purposes (trade, transport, manufacturing, etc.). The main goal is always to create complex integrated systems satisfying all current needs of the environment in which it is implemented at a minimal level. This kind of system should enable its users to optimise it even more by means of managerial approaches. Moreover, optimisation must be understood in a complex way on condition that optimisation of the whole logistic system almost always means optimising its separate parts (subsystems).In general, this book intends to be of a great value to various interest groups including academics, researchers, and practitioners engaged in business and manufacturing enterprises. The book contains 8 chapters presenting selected theoretical, scientific and practical approaches and case studies. Contents of the chapters have the common idea and, I believe, are able to be the starting points for further research and patterns for solving certain tasks in practice.
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