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Purpose: Transport has an impact on economic strength, product availability and the quality of life and attractiveness of urban areas. Transport has an impact on economic strength, product availability and the quality of life and attractiveness of urban areas. The aim of the article is to present the importance of freight transport and its nuisance from the point of view of a resident. Design/methodology/approach: The document contains an analysis of the literature on freight transport in cities. In addition, GUS data on the transport of goods in Poland were analyzed and surveys were conducted in which respondents assessed the impact of goods flows on their quality of life. Findings: During the literature search, a correlation was found between the transport of goods in the city and the functioning of the inhabitants. It turns out that residents largely generate the flow of goods themselves using on-demand deliveries. Originality/value The study presents the results of proprietary research addressed to residents in order to learn their opinions about the transport of goods and deliveries carried out in the city. In addition, the article, based on the available statistical data, proves the relationship between the development of the e-commerce industry and the transport of goods in the city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analyzes of multi-criteria decision support are applied to solve complex logistics problems, including supply problems from the industry sector. Organizations struggle with various decision problems that arise during the activities of organizations such as production logistics, supply logistics, transport logistics. Therefore, sometimes is necessary to make multi-criteria analysis, in which except the quality criteria, the costs are included. The problem with making the best decision in terms of quality and cost occurred in a production and service enterprise localized in south-eastern Poland. The problem was the selection and purchase of the most favorable in terms of quality and cost of fluorescent penetrant for non-destructive testing characterized by the so-called medium level of sensitivity. The aim was to integrate the AHP method and quality-cost analyze to select the most favorable for the enterprise the fluorescent penetrant to non-destructive test. The fluorescent penetrants, which were selected to analysis were: ZL-61, ZL19, ZL60C, ZL-61 from Magnaflux; FP-22B from Sherwin and Ardrox 9812 from Chemetall. Penetrants were analyzed in terms of criteria, i.e. the environment, flammability, reactivity, available packaging capacities and the cost of purchasing penetrant. The analysis carried out using the integrated methods (AHP and cost-quality analysis) which has not been practiced until now, has allowed indicating the most favorable fluorescent penetrant in terms of quality and costs It has been shown that the implementation of cost-quality analysis in the AHP method is effective in analyzing logistic problems regarding the selection of the most advantageous solution, taking into account quality and costs. The analysis proved that not always the highest quality and the lowest price guarantee the best choice. Therefore, it becomes effective to practice the proposed methodology (AHP and cost-quality analysis) in organizations for analyzing various logistic problems, in which it is important to make the most-favorable decision taking into account qualitative criteria and costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Logistics, which is the platform covering all functional areas in a company has been more and more often turning into an area where enterprises gain competitive advantage. This involves continuous development of the current logistic processes where the product under logistic system has a remarkable meaning. The features of the product itself start to grow in importance in terms of its effective operation in the broadly understood logistics. The article presents results of research conducted to determine conditions of logistic management in manufacturing companies in Poland and concentrate on the one of the concept's aspects, namely a logistically efficient of product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]