Zagorodnia Y. The effectiveness of interaction with industry logistics centers

The object of research - the process of organizing of product distribution between industrial enterprises and logistics centers. Objective: to develop theoretical methodological approaches, methodical decisions and recommendations to improve the efficiency of interaction of industrial enterprises with logistics centers. Methods: theoretical generalization; a systematic approach; systematization; graphic. It is proposed for: the first time: a conceptual scheme of optimization of interaction of industrial enterprise with a logistics center. It is improved: the classification of logistics centers; method of estimation of effectiveness of interaction of industrial enterprises with logistics centers; methodical approaches to planning the movement of motor transport to the logistics center; general mechanism of maritime logistics center operation; ships loading scheme. Further development is obtained: conceptual and categorical apparatus of the term "logistics"; approaches to the identification of a significant transit potential of Ukraine, study of efficiency of maritime transport compared with rail and road, as well as the argumentation of the necessity of creating a universal maritime logistics center, which will reduce logistics costs of enterprises in their foreign trade activities. The practical significance of the work is determined by the implementation of the results of the activities of industrial enterprises with logistics centers.