REVERSE LOGISTICS IN GLOBALIZATION ASPECTS

This paper presents issues connected with adaptation of modern solutions of reverse logisticsmanagement in enterprise to the concept of sustainable development promoted by the European Union.Nowadays more and more businesses are looking to grow their reverse logistics capabilities in global market.reverse logistics management, global market.

PROCUREMENT PROCESS IN POWER ENERGY ENTERPRISE

The supply and procurement processes are extremely important for properfunctioning of power plants, especially for continuous production process because anybreaks have negative effects on the costs linked to idle time.supply management, procurement process

THEORETICAL FRAMES FOR DESIGNING REVERSE LOGISTICS PROCESSES

Logistics processes of return flow became more and more important in present business practice. Because of better customer satisfaction, environmental and financial aspects many enterprises deal with reverse logistics performance. The paper is a literature review focused on the design principles of reverse logistics processes Keywords: reverse logistics, designing.reverse logistics, designing

IMPLEMENTING "GREEN" ELEMENTS INTO THE SUPPLY CHAIN - THE LITERATURE REVIEW AND EXAMPLES

Almost every operating enterprise in the market has the supply chain. Dependingon the size and nature of the enterprise, supply chain can take many forms, but the basicelements of each supply chain are as follows: suppliers, production and distribution togetherwith the common links between them. Now, in the consciousness of nearly every organizationthat works to market is the belief that one of the determinants of its continuous development isthe protection of the environment. Because of this, companies try, during their actions, tocause the least harm on natural environment. The following article presents the classic supplychain that occurs in manufacturing companies and how, the implementation of proposedsolutions into it, may bring the result that classic supply chain will become moreenvironmentally friendly and "green". Also , this article presents four companies operating invarious sectors of the economy, together with the actions taken by them to minimize theirnegative impact on the environment. Presented enterprises can serve as an example for othercompanies trying to enter the arrangements and procedures, whose main purpose is to protectthe environment by transforming their supply chain into Green supply chain.supply chain management, enterprises, green supply chain

SYSTEMS OF SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION IN LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT IN COMMERCE ENTERPRISES

One of the main tasks of commerce enterprises is active participation in thedistribution chain. This is related to striving at adjustment of the offer of the firm toconsumers’ demands.logistic management, supply, distribution

Business Relations in Reverse Logistics Outsourcing

Nowadays cost reduction is a fundamental strategy used in companies during fighting for survival, keeping or increase in sales levels and profits. More and more often observed tendency to concentrate commercial and production companies leads to rise of demand for outsourcing in a reverse logistics chain. In the paper Authors present concept of outsourcing in logistics processes, advantages of outsourcing in reverse logistics and types of relations between outsourcing partners as well as areas and stages of collaboration: engagement, improvement and communication

The Situation of Competitive Clusters in Some EU States

A special place in the European regionaldevelopment policies is occupied by the study of behaviour in thefield of localising the agglomerations of industrial activities,which demonstrate their tendency of grouping in space asclusters such as industrial parks, small or large cities, etc. Theexplanations are based on registering some specific scaleeconomies, known as economies of agglomeration, which havetheir origin into: the existence of some supplying companiesspecialised for certain goods and services; the existence of alocal labour market; the mobility of information and innovation,etc. The economies of agglomerations are manifested as internaleconomies of scale, the economies of localisation and economiesof urbanisation

The Existence of Disagreements in Organisational Entities - Source of the Occurrence of Conflicts at Work

The organisational entity as a whole can provide the context in which high levels of motivation can be reached, by providing incentives and rewards, satisfaction in work and possibilities to learn and develop. To do this, it is necessary to understand the motivational process in organisational entities, which leads to eliminating the possibilities of occurrence of conflicts in these organisations. The idea that many conflicts are part of the life of modern organisations is admitted increasingly more nowadays. The division of labour and the specialisation of tasks create distinct and complex entities at the level of organisation

PROMOTION OF EMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTH – REMARKS FOR NEXT INITIATIVES

In the paper authors presets experience of Czestochowa University of Technology within collaboration with Czestochowa Business Incubator (CBI). In 2010, chosen staff of Czestochowa UT have been working within brand new Phare project “Promotion of employment among youth”. Because relatively high unemployment level among young people in Czestochowa city and region, the project has been implemented in order to help graduates to find their strengths and to advise in planning individual job track, to extend their job skills adequate to present and foreseen market needs, prepare them to the job interviews, prepare and help in starting own business. Authors also describes CBI’s other initiatives undertaken to increase number of new business set up by young people, especially