IMPROVING OF MATERIAL FLOW IN AUTOMOBILE ENTERPRISE

• Main Author: Veronika Verebová
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 4S go, s.r.o. 2016-09-01
• Series: Acta Logistica
• Subjects: material flow; logistics; information systems; simulation systems; system analysis
• Online Access: http://actalogistica.eu/issues/2016/III_2016_02_Verebova.pdf

Today's market puts more and more pressure on manufacturing companies. If the company wants to keep on market and to prosper, it is necessary to constantly innovation of the products, to better calculate the prices, to control costs, to be flexible in the relationship to the customer. Requirements on the logistics are constantly getting harder and more differentiated. Production companies are forced to tolerate piece production for the customer with rapid supplies. So that the production could be effectively implemented, it is necessary to constantly maintain inputs and outputs of material with customer requirements. The aim of logistics is to increase the efficiency of logistical processes, since only properly working logistical processes ensure the cost competitive and properly functioning society. Each of companies understands the logistics from different views. It depends on the specific company, field of activity and sector. For one of the companies it is a planning for another it is purchase and shipping, or handling with materials in the production.