INTEGRACYJNA ROLA TRANSPORTU W SYSTEMACH LOGISTYCZNYCH PRZEDSIĘBIORSTW

Customers more and more often require transport to be very flexible, fast, and complex in terms of carrying every quantity of goods of different sizes, from and to different countries, through customs clearance, storing and distribution of shipments. Meeting these requirements depends on complex information on transport processes and their rational planning. Transport in supply chain is a factor that gives mobility to logistics processes and is a basis for reliable, on-time and complex serivces. Well organizaed transport processes determine the free flow of goods and semi-finished goods from the consignor to the consignee, creating integrated supply chains at the same time. The article presents the integrative role of the transport in logistic systems.