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SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE CITY OF MUTARE: A PERSPECTIVE FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS

Author(s): Sylvester Marumahoko / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2020

As is the case with all urban local councils, Mutare City Council exists mainly to provide services to all stakeholders in an efficient and effective manner as its mission statement highlights it. In the local government elections held on 30 July 2018, the opposition dominated subnational entity received the mandate of the local people to run the civic affairs of the city for another five years. As part of this narrative, Councillor Blessing Tandi of Ward 14 Chikanga was elected the Mayor of Mutare in chambers. In his inauguration speech which was well received by inhabitants, Mayor Tandi promised to revamp sluggish service delivery and improve the quality of life. It is now almost three years since there was handover-takeover of management of civic matters. Using social attitude survey, the article assesses the extent to which the City of Mutare has reversed or failed to significantly impact poor local public service delivery. The results of the study suggest widespread public despondency over the state of local public service delivery; a feat seemingly not only attributed to dismal municipal performance but also underperformance among the three spheres of government

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THE CONTRIBUTION OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES TO THE ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A REVIEW OF THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Author(s): Serafeim Polyzos,Dimitrios Tsiotas / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

Transport infrastructures are a major drive for achieving economic development at all geographical scales, and particularly at the regional and local level, at which the units of the spatial economic systems are usually configured. In the current literature, a great number of studies have dealt with the relationship between transportation and economic development and a considerable amount of them have revealed different aspects of the transport infrastructures’ contribution to the local and regional development, highlighting the complexity and the importance of this symbiotic relationship. Within this context, this paper discusses, in a theoretical context, this contribution and it develops an integrated framework for the conceptualization of how transport infrastructures contribute to the economic and regional development. This is achieved, first, by distinguishing the main categories of transport infrastructures and, secondly, by reviewing the established regional development and economics theories that build on the relationship between transport infrastructures and regional development. Further, the paper reviews the main factors affecting, either directly or indirectly, this contribution and the determinants of the size and direction of the effects transport infrastructures contribute to the economic and regional development. Overall, the paper highlights the importance of transport infrastructures policy as a tool of regional and economic policy.

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HAVACILIK KAZASI VE PİLOT HATASI KAVRAMI ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Author(s): Meltem Akca / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 7/2020

The aviation industry is developing day by day. The role of technological innovations in the development of the aviation sector is very important. Policies for air transportation operations are also triggering the rapid growth of the sector. Safety in the aviation industry is an indispensable part of transport activities. The primary purpose of the employees involved in carrying out flight operations is to ensure safety. In this context, the value of safety in all units of the aviation sector is considerably high. The aviation sector has gained strong momentum in the last two decades, demonstrated accretion trend in the base of passenger-aircraft-cargo, and accelerated the development of other aviation-related sectors. In this process, decreases in aircraft accidents have been observed with factors such as regulations of aviation authorities and development of aircraft technologies. However, it is possible to say that the rate of decrease in aviation accidents is lower in line with the growth rate of the aviation sector. In line with the data obtained from aviation accidents reports, causes of accidents are investigated and discussed in various dimensions. One of the reasons that attract attention to the public opinion is the pilot error. In this study, the concepts of aviation accident, pilot error, accident causes are examined and the results of the studies are compiled from descriptive point of view. As a result of the research, it was found that the causes of accidents could be embraced under different dimensions at the same time and demographic variables related to pilot error do not have universal characteristics.

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Środki techniczne związane z przechowywaniem i transportem owoców ziarnkowych

Author(s): Maria Rysz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2018

Storage and transport are important technical tools in the fruit-growing industry, and their role between others is due to the seasonality of production. The article describes various types of storage used by fruit growers, as well as methods for storing of pome fruits considering the required microclimatic conditions. There are also presented the basic functions of packaging as an effective measure against mechanical and climatic factors during fruit storage and transport un this work. Various means of fruit transport and microclimate conditions which affect their quality during transport are also included in the article. The use of modern technical tools related to the storage and transport allows that the high-quality fruits are available to the polish consumer not only in the growing season, but also throughout the whole year.

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Theoretical and practical aspects of the logistics application in Ukraine

Author(s): Anzhela Cherchata,Elżbieta Jadwiga Szymańska / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

The article deals with the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) that has been estimated by the World Bank since 2007 to measure effectiveness of international supply chains. Ukraine logistic potential of the period from 2007 to 2018 is estimated and a number of main problems hindering the development of logistics are identified. An integration mechanism that allows maximum coordination of logistics business processes implementation by all the participants in supply chains is proposed.

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Funkcjonowanie i rozwój Komunalnego Zakładu Komunikacyjnego w Białymstoku

Author(s): Krzysztof Dubowski,Tomasz Rokicki / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2018

The paper presents the functioning and directions of development of a public transport enterprise based on the example of Komunalny Zakład Komunikacyjny LLC (KZK). Sources of materials were analysis of available literature in the field of public transport, company documentation, interview with the company’s president, participant observation. The research period concerned the years 2014–2015. The descriptive, tabular, graphical and SWOT analysis methods were used to analyze and present the results of the work. It was found that the company used its resources rather heavily. Nevertheless, it did not have a dominant position in the market, it had the smallest share in terms of carriages. Investment is a chance for KZK development. The most important is the construction of a new depot, which will allow to increase the scale of operations. Another investment activity was related to the purchase of new buses. All investments concerned therefore the basic resources of the enterprise. Investment activities will also contribute to better perception of urban transport by its users.

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Logistic approach to the formation of the procurement and distribution network of fruit in the region

Author(s): Alexei Zhuravskiy,Vasili Kulakov / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

Over the past few years, the problem of providing high-quality fruit and berries to residents of large cities of Belarus is quite acute. The reasons for this are obsolete storage technologies, large product losses during transportation, uncontrolled transportation costs. The research is devoted to the development of recommendations for determining the optimal number and location of procurement and distribution centers of fruit and berry products in the Mogilev region in order to minimize total costs. The article identifies the most significant items of variable costs and gives their economic interpretation. The economic effect from the introduction of the proposed logistics network and the payback period of the project are calculated.

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Improvement of the logistics chain of the enterprise: practical aspects

Author(s): Uliana Andrusiv,Anzhela Cherchata / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2018

The article is devoted to application of distributive logistics at an enterprise. For determining peculiarities of functioning of the logistic chain, an analysis of each of its components has been made. On the basis of the obtained results, the necessity of creating a distribution center at an enterprise in the context of improving its logistics chain has been substantiated. As a priority direction for determining the variant of location of a distribution center for an enterprise the method of determining of the weight center has been proposed.

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Potoki w sieciach transportowych rozkład przestrzenny i jego własności dynamiczne

Author(s): Sławomir Dorosiewicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2012

This paper refers to Dynamic Traffic Assignment Problem. A consecutive dynamic model of traffic flows is formulated. Some of its dynamical properties (including existence of chaotic solutions and bifurcations) are examined in special cases.

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Doskonalenie przepływów w kanale dystrybucji na przykładzie piekarni

Author(s): Aleksandra Górecka,Izabela Waśniowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2018

The organization of product distribution in the enterprise is the last cell in the logistics process that finalizes the pre-existing activities related to the products production. The distribution process makes possible delivering the products to the market in accordance with the customers’ needs. Each type of product has its own features that should be considered when planning their distribution. The distribution of the products which lose their freshness quickly, for example bread, seems to be an interesting case to investigate. The main objective of the research was to discuss the bread distribution system at Wierzbica Bakery and to indicate the possibilities of its improvement. The organization of the distribution system was analysed and the company’s problems in this area were identified. The results present that the improvement of changes allows to decrease the distribution costs by 36.41%, to reduce the fleet by two vehicles, which in turn contributes to increase the vehicle load factor rate by 38 percentage points.

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Big Data jako wsparcie w zarządzaniu łańcuchami dostaw

Author(s): Magdalena Nowik / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2018

The aim of the article was to recognize the benefits of the Big Data concept as an important tool for managing and optimizing supply chains and logistics processes. At the beginning of the elaboration, the Big Data notion was clarified and the main features of the concept were defined. The next part shows the application areas of Big Data and gives examples of the use of this solution in supply chains and logistics. The research showed that the Big Data analysis can significantly contribute to the development of supply chains and cells functioning in them.

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Ocena ryzyka wykorzystania giełd transportowych w działalności firm przewozowych

Author(s): Tomasz Rokicki,Stanisław Bereziński / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2018

The paper is dedicated to the analysis of the functionality of transport exchange applications and the indication of potential threats arising from their use in everyday work of a transport company. The substantive basis for the paper was a literature analysis in the field of transport exchange applications as well as information obtained from transport exchange service providers through their websites and telephone contact. The theoretical and practical knowledge of the authors who work on a daily basis using electronic freight exchanges applications was also used. It was found that in the era of electronic communication development and the increase in the volume of transported goods, transport exchange platforms are an important element of the transport system. Based on the conducted analysis it was noted that the use of transport exchange platforms brings with it a number of threats that many companies do not realize and doesn’t carry out right actions to diagnose them and counteract.

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Rozwiązania z zakresu inteligentnych systemów transportowych w wybranych miastach w Polsce

Author(s): Joanna Stankiewicz,Konrad Michalski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2018

The article discusses the subject of intelligent transport systems (ITS), which are one of the possible ways in search of improving life and innovation in the city’s functioning. Because public transport is the most extensive and the most frequently used part of the city’s logistic system, various methods are sought for improving the quality (availability, safety, punctuality, etc.) of the city’s functioning as an economic unit as well as living space for its residents. Beneficiaries of the actions taken are therefore passengers of this transport (residents, commuters, tourists, etc.), but also institutions and offices providing services for the benefit of society. The aim of the study is to identify and characterize solutions in the field of ITS in a public communication network in selected voivodship cities in Poland (Rzeszów, Bydgoszcz, Wrocław). The article is of review nature.

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Rozwój i znaczenie parkingów „Parkuj i Jedź” w Warszawie

Author(s): Piotr Sikora / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2019

Transport congestion in these days is a big problem, especially in big cities. The „Park and Ride” system will allow to move car traffic on outskirts of the city. The purpose of this study is to analyze how the „Park and Ride” system in Warsaw influences traffic in Warsaw. Data on „Park and Ride” car parks collected by Public Transport Authority of the capital city of Warsaw was compiled with data on traffic in Warsaw available from the City’s Traffic Management in Warsaw. This work was based on the review of literature on city logistics and on scientific articles on the concept of the „Park and Ride” system. Study proves that „Park and Ride” car parks decrease traffic in a small extent, however this concept should be further developed, as it will allow to decrease traffic in city center.

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Koncepcje zrównoważonej logistyki miejskiej w wybranych polskich miastach

Author(s): Marcin Jurczak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2019

Sustainable mobility is defined, among others, as the development of public transport, but also modern mobility systems – car pooling, car sharing, city bike systems or other “common” vehicles to move around. The article presents selected concepts in the field of sustainable mobility in selected Polish cities. The author’s goal was to analyse the availability of solutions in the field of sustainable urban logistics in the largest Polish cities and to assess which can be effective in urban space. The research shows that Polish cities take a very serious approach to sustainable mobility issues and offer for their residents many solutions in this area.

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Władza menedżera logistyki kontraktowej w łańcuchu dostaw

Author(s): Konrad Michalski,Monika Kowalewska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2019

The article refers to the practice of one of the TSL market leaders (transport, forwarding, logistics) in Poland and aims to identify key aspects of the authority (power) of the contract logistics manager in the supply chain. This power is understood as the manager’s ability to influence on the shape and configuration of the chain, objects of flows and its goals. The appropriate position of the contract logistics manager in the organizational structure, assigning him the right tasks, delegations to decide and resources at disposal are the key attributes of the authority (power) of the analysed manager. The types of connections in which the analysed operator participates were identified and the model of the customer service process was presented with the participation of the analyzed manager. The profile of desired competence of the contract logistics manager was created and the key areas of improvement of its position in the supply chain were highlighted.

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Rozwój i konkurencyjność transportu towarów koleją w Polsce

Author(s): Marcin Rabe / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2019

Infrastructure is one of the twelve pillars of competitiveness of economies. Railway infrastructure as one of the basic foundations of competitiveness is a kind of backbone of the economy, which is why it is so important for ensuring effective functioning and development of the economy. The aim of the study is to show barriers to the development of transport of goods by rail in Poland. The article presents the state of railway transport in Poland and the analysis of the assumptions of the Sustainable Transport Development Strategy Project until 2030. This project assumes an increase in road transport by a minimum of 196 million tons in 2015–2030, and rail transport increases by at least 30 million tons in 2015–2030, which is 6.5 times less than in road transport.

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Economic consequences of pig and poultry mortality during transport

Author(s): Krzysztof Tereszkiewicz,Dariusz Kusz,Łukasz Kulig / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2019

The purpose of the paper is to estimate the financial losses incurred by the Polish meat industry as a result of pigs and slaughter poultry mortalities in pre-slaughter handling. The analysis showed that the total financial losses resulting from the pigs’ mortality during transport to an abattoir in 2005–2018 could be estimated at about PLN 178 million. In the case of slaughter poultry, the losses in the period analysed amounted to PLN 321 million. The results obtained indicate the need for improvement measures to reduce animal mortalities in pre-slaughter handling. The most important should be the reduction of transport time, compliance with loading standards, introduction of a ban on transporting animals in conditions that may cause thermal stress.

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Innovative processes in passenger transport in Poland and Europe

Author(s): Sławomir Stec / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2019

The subject of research were innovative processes of a technological, organizational, structural, market or sociological nature. The starting material for developing the studied subject was the analysis of the dynamics of changes in expenditure on research and development in the field of transport infrastructure in Poland and the European Union. It has been found that in the last two decades, innovations in passenger transport have been successively implemented in Poland and Europe, the aim of which is to effectively meet the existing needs in the field of passenger transport, and above all to effectively encourage car drivers to use public transport. Introduction of the new solutions in transport is possible due to the growing level of budget expenditure on research and development in the field of transport, telecommunications and other infrastructure. The selected presented innovations in passenger transport effectively improve the quality of travel, increase the efficiency of infrastructure use and contribute to reducing the negative impact of transport on the environment.

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The efficiency of actions to improve road safety – assessing the implementation of the programme objectives

Author(s): Teresa Gądek-Hawlena / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2019

Road accidents and, above all, their negative consequences are a serious problem worldwide. Preventing them is a challenge that involves many actions taken by governments, international organisations, economic operators, and non-profit organisations. The actions that are to lead to a significant reduction in the number of casualties and fatalities are considered essential. In order to make a significant change in this field, it is necessary to take rational action. In Poland, the objectives for the improvement of road safety and the methods of achieving them were endorsed in the National Road Safety Programme 2013–2020. As the period of these seven years is to come to an end, this article will present the achieved results for years 2010–2018 in relation to the main causes of accidents induced by drivers.

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