scholarly journals Research status of automation of logistics transport and distribution processes

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Hanna Prymachenkо ◽  
Yelyzaveta Hryhorova
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Technical Documentation ◽  
Society Business ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Basic Features

An analysis of the performance of modern companies has revealed a trend of active investment in innovation, especially in such a dynamic field as logistics in order to optimize supply chains. The article proves the need for a systematic approach to innovative measures in the transportation and distribution system based on the analysis of foreign experience. The dynamism of logistics processes complicates the process of control and forecasting of enterprises. The logistics trend of DHL, which regularly publishes a key tool for the global logistics community, is a radar of logistics trends that reflects the development of society, business and technology. Two major trends are analyzed: 1) social and business and 2) technological. To solve this problem, the process of digitization and the willingness of companies to work online with the help of e-commerce technology have been proposed. Two components of modern innovative business models that enable a business to be competitive and efficient are analyzed: the sharing economy and the marketplace in the logistics services market. It is determined that the main resources in logistics are material assets (especially warehouses and vehicles), labor and time. It is established that transport exchanges are actively developing in the Ukrainian market, where logisticians can choose vehicles, but there are no sites where one can simply choose a warehouse on demand (as a service). There are no tools in the Ukrainian market for quick search and safe rent of warehouses for different types of products. Searching for a warehouse is a complicated and lengthy procedure for the following reasons: the lack of a warehouse database in one source and the complexity of comparing warehouses (search on OLX.ua or through a local or international broker, or on the recommendation of acquaintances), the risks of renting warehouses from unverified agents / owners, the procedure for selecting and concluding warehouse lease agreements, the need for warehouses under peak load, continued. Therefore, in 2019, a new Ware Teka online platform has emerged for finding warehouses for rent or purchase with the largest warehouse real estate base to date, allowing real estate to be rented as soon as possible. The basic features of the Ware Teka online platform are analyzed. It is determined that modern logistics companies in Ukraine have started to implement the system of routing of goods (delivery on points of sale) and receive constant errors, therefore the process of digitization of current deliveries in real time is offered. The Ukrainian market for foreign startups is not interesting for today, and they are not ready to costomize, or costomization will have a very high cost and it is necessary to consider the issues of support after adaptation of the ready solution, to make a premature request about the main problems of adaptation of software products of automation of logistics processes. Support is an important cycle in working with your ISP to be able to refine or modify the software in the future and not be dependent on your provider, so you need to request technical documentation immediately. The importance of automation of logistic processes of transportation and distribution has been proved.

scholarly journals Online platforms: concept, role in the conclusion of contracts and current legal framework in Europe = Plataformas en línea: concepto, papel en la conclusión de contratos y marco legal actual en Europa

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 863
Author(s):  
Joana Campos Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
The Way

Abstract: Companies like Airbnb, Amazon or Craigslist have challenged the traditional business models and are altering the way people have access to goods and services. This article explores why the concept of online platform is adequate to analyse this new reality from a contractual point of view. It then challenges the idea that all companies where the product or service is supplied by what appears to be a third-party are online platforms, using the example of Uber. Finally, it provides a brief overview at the current EU framework to provide a reflection on how a regime for online platforms could look like.Keywords: sharing economy, online platforms, Uber.Resumen: Empresas como Airbnb, Amazon o Craigslist han desafiado los modelos de negocio tradicionales y están cambiando la forma en que las personas tienen acceso a los bienes y servicios. Este artículo explora por qué el concepto de plataforma en línea es adecuado para analizar esta nueva realidad desde un punto de vista contractual. A continuación, se cuestiona la idea de que todas las empresas en las que el producto o servicio es proporcionado por lo que parece ser un tercero son plataformas en línea, utilizando el ejemplo de Uber. Por último, se aporta una breve visión general del marco actual de la UE para reflexionar sobre cómo podría ser un régimen para las plataformas en línea.Palabras clave: economía colaborativa, plataformas en línea, Uber.

Assessing the Demand for Online Integration Platforms in the Real Estate Business

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-54
Author(s):  
N. S. Alekseeva ◽  
A. E. Druzhinin
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
Integration Platform ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
The Real Estate Market ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
The Individual

Examination of the real estate market shows that implementing innovations in this field is a very difficult task. This prompts the question of the necessity of digitalizing the real estate business and of the demand for online integration platforms in this field.Aim. The presented study aims to assess the demand for online integration platforms in the real estate business.Tasks. The authors compare the online integration platforms in the real estate market with the online integration platforms in the hospitality sector and the individual passenger transport market in terms of the share of user profits that integrators receive for their services on the online platform; compare the share of user profits that integrators receive for their services on the online platform with the equivalent indicator in various other global economic activities; assess the value of the services provided by an online integration platform using the methodology proposed by G. G. Azgaldov and N. N. Karpova.Methods. The data were acquired from public Internet sources and personal interviews with the directors of companies that represent or employ the services of online integration platforms in St. Petersburg. The interviews and work with Internet sources were conducted in November 2019.Results. An integrator in the real estate market receives a share of profits of their service users that is comparable to that of the integrators in the hospitality sector and the individual passenger transport market. The share of profits of a Russian integrator in the real estate market is significantly higher than that in such industries as entertainment, fashion, or sports. The value of an online integration platform can be defined as highly valuable, since the expected value of this indicator is 1.5 times higher than the maximum table value.Conclusions. The performed analysis shows a high demand for online integration platforms in the real estate business. Market participants are willing to pay for the ability to use new digital technologies.

scholarly journals Price-Based Demand Side Response Programs and Their Effectiveness on the Example of TOU Electricity Tariff for Residential Consumers

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
Jerzy Andruszkiewicz ◽  
Józef Lorenc ◽  
Agnieszka Weychan
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Efficiency Assessment ◽  
Electricity Use ◽  
Residential Electricity ◽  
Demand Side Response ◽  
Residential Consumers

Demand side response is becoming an increasingly significant issue for reliable power systems’ operation. Therefore, it is desirable to ensure high effectiveness of such programs, including electricity tariffs. The purpose of the study is developing a method for analysing electricity tariff’s effectiveness in terms of demand side response purposes based on statistical data concerning tariffs’ use by the consumers and price elasticity of their electricity demand. A case-study analysis is presented for residential electricity consumers, shifting the settlement and consequently the profile of electricity use from a flat to a time-of-use tariff, based on the comparison of the considered tariff groups. Additionally, a correlation analysis is suggested to verify tariffs’ influence of the power system’s peak load based on residential electricity tariffs in Poland. The presented analysis proves that large residential consumers aggregated by tariff incentives may have a significant impact on the power system’s load and this impact changes substantially for particular hours of a day or season. Such efficiency assessment may be used by both energy suppliers to optimize their market purchases and by distribution system operators in order to ensure adequate generation during peak load periods.

scholarly journals Analysis of Various Options for Balancing Power Systems’ Peak Load

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 513
Author(s):  
Henryk Majchrzak ◽  
Michał Kozioł
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
End Users ◽  
Energy Market ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Continuous Energy ◽  
Storage Solutions ◽  
Transmission And Distribution

The balancing of the power of the Polish Power System (KSE) is a key element in ensuring the safety of electric energy supplies to end users. This article presents an analysis of the power demand in power systems (PS), with emphasis on the typical power variability both in subsequent hours of the day and on particular days and in particular months each year. The methodology for calculating the costs of electric energy undelivered to the end users and the amount of these costs for KSE is presented. Different possibilities have been analyzed for balancing power systems’ peak load and assumptions have been formulated for calculating the amount of the related costs. On this basis, a comparative analysis has been made of the possibility to balance peak load using operators’ system services, trans-border connections, and various energy storage solutions. On the basis of the obtained results, optimal tools have been proposed for market-based influence from transmission and distribution system operators on energy market participants’ behaviors in order to ensure the power systems’ operating safety and continuous energy deliveries to end users.

Optimal Planning of Distribution System Considering Distributed Generators

2013 ◽  
Vol 291-294 ◽  
pp. 2022-2027
Author(s):  
Hui Shi Liang ◽  
Hai Tao Liu ◽  
Jian Su
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Optimal Planning ◽  
System Construction ◽  
Peak Shaving ◽  
Diagram Method ◽  
Distributed Generators ◽  
Load Demand ◽  
Substation Planning ◽  
The Impact

This paper presents a methodology for substation optimal planning considering DG for peak shaving. Utility can take effective demand-side management (DSM) to encourage customer-owned DG to participate in peak load shaving, and it can also construct utility DG to meet the peak load demand. In this paper, the impact of DG on peak load shaving is analyzed, and DG is taken as a complement to T&D system to meet load demand, which is considered in the substation planning. Substations sizing and location and new-built utility DG capacity is optimized using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), in which supply area of each substation is obtained by Voronoi diagram method. Case study shows that planning result considering DG for peak shaving can defer T&D system expansion so that considerable investment can be saved. Especially for those areas with high cost of T&D system construction, constructing DG to meet peak load demand would be a more economic way.

scholarly journals Sustainable Business Models – What Do Management Theories Say?

2016 ◽  
pp. 62-72
Author(s):  
Gyula Zilahy
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Industrial Ecology ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Sharp Reduction ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Sustainable Business Models ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

Literature describing the notion and practice of business models has grown considerably over the last few years. Innovative business models appear in every sector of the economy challenging traditional ways of creating and capturing value. However, research describing the theoretical foundations of the field is scarce and many questions still remain. This article examines business models promoting various aspects of sustainable development and tests the explanatory power of two theoretical approaches, namely the resource based view of the firm and transaction cost theory regarding their emergence and successful market performance. Through the examples of industrial ecology and the sharing economy the author shows that a sharp reduction of transaction costs (e.g. in the form of internet based systems) coupled with resources widely available but not utilised before may result in fast growing new markets. This research also provides evidence regarding the notion that these two theoretical approaches can complement each other in explaining corporate behaviour.

scholarly journals Improvement of the real estate transparency through digitalisation

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 371-384
Author(s):  
Elena Ionaşcu ◽  
Ion Anghel
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Market Transparency ◽  
Open Relationships ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Efficiency And Productivity

AbstractTaking into account that the transparency is a quality of communication of sustainability information, as well as the role of digitalisation in ensuring the transparency, we proposed to study the perception of real estate entities related to promoting transparency in the relationship with stakeholders and the integration of information and communication technology in their business models. Applying a qualitative approach, we critically analysed the sustainability reports published by real estate companies from the EU, which represent important non-financial information sources for stakeholders. Transparency is mainly reflected in corporate governance, as real estate entities are increasingly concerned with maintaining open relationships with stakeholders and knowing their expectations to integrate them into the business strategy. We have noticed a broader approach of transparency in REIT entities and in reports that include an assurance statement. New digital technologies serve the purpose of improving transparency, which, although still poorly explored in real estate, offer new solutions to increase the efficiency and productivity of real estate activities. Property technology can improve real estate market transparency and liquidity, bringing lower transaction costs, which should positively impact the value of investment assets.

scholarly journals The sharing economy: Uber and its effect on taxi companies

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (28) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lana Pepić
Keyword(s):  
Price Competition ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Fixed Costs ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Fair Competition ◽  
Reduced Costs ◽  
Taxi Industry ◽  
The Right

The popular ride sharing service Uber has undoubtedly affected the taxi industry by offering lower prices, faster and more quality service, as well as a higher degree of transparency in terms of choosing drivers and determining fares. A question arises inevitably: does Uber present loyal or unloyal price competition to taxi companies by offering significantly lower prices, cutting fixed costs and bypassing middlemen? Is there a tax loophole at play? The hypothesis this paper aims to examine is whether Uber is a new way of providing transportation services, thus bringing more transparency and fair competition to the industry, or it is a disruptor on a previously fair market. If the second case is correct, not all hope should be lost - perhaps with the right amount of regulation, Uber could become a new standard in service transportation.This paper is divided into three parts. The first part briefly explores the concept of the sharing economy; a relatively new term and even newer foundation for business models of contemporary startups. Special significance is given to the reduced costs in companies which operate based on the sharing economy versus the so-called traditional companies. The second part of the paper examines Uber’s business model through costs, thepricing system, driver earnings and working conditions. Finally, the thirdpart of the paper estimates the present and future impact of Uber on traditionaltaxi companies, taking into account its legal status, competition andthe changing labor market.

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