The thesis presents a new solution to the topical scientific and practical issue of choosing a rational method for organizing international road transportation of goods, taking into account the requirements of each customer and a wide range of batches of goods (from 100 kg to train shipments for groups of road trains) by providing coordinated international road transportation. An individual approach to each customer involves international transportation of small consignments of goods by road. The efficiency criteria of international road transportation of consignments in logistics chains are substantiated: time of consignment delivery and specific expenses for international road transportation of consignments are given for 1 km of vehicle mileage or 1 ton-km of transport work. The important for customers time of consignment delivery was taken into consideration. In addition, the second important criterion for customers was taken into account, i.e. the cost of 1 km of vehicle mileage and the cost of 1 ton-km of transport 20 work in international road transportation of consignments, in connection with the first. A selection model of a rational method for organizing the international road transportation of consignments which considers the individual approach to customers as well as transport and terminal features of international road transportation of consignments in logistic chains were suggested. It was suggested that for international road transportation of consignments these features should be taken into account and basic methods of road transportation of consignments should be combined, i.e. in the country of departure transportation is performed according to one basic method, and in the destination country – according to another method. The following alternative methods of international road transportation of consignments were suggested: pickup and delivery, many-to-one pickup, one-to-many delivery, one-to-many single vehicle delivery, one-to-many single vehicle pickup, one-to-many pickup and delivery, pickup, delivery, door-to-door, among which one-to-many single vehicle delivery and one-to-many single vehicle pickup are new. The selection model of a rational method for organizing the international road transportation of consignments was improved in terms of coordinating the criteria of delivery time and delivery cost. Multifactor analysis of the cost of 1 km of vehicle mileage and the cost of 1 ton-km of transport work in international road transportation of consignments was completed on the basis of the cybernetic black box model. On the basis of statistical data processing of 63 runs of cargo transportation in the direction of Ukraine – Germany by Gandikap LLC, the research was carried out into influence of operational expenses; vehicle mileage; the volume of the consignment of goods transported at the cost of 1 km of vehicle mileage and the cost of 1 ton-km of transport work in international road transportation of consignments by different methods of analysis: multiple regression, nonlinear multiple regression and neural networks. For the first time, multifactor models were developed for the cost of 1 km of vehicle mileage and 1 ton-km of transport work in international road transportation of consignments by neural networks, which, unlike existing ones, are self-improving and provide a more accurate result. A selection methodology for choosing a rational and customer-oriented method of organizing international road transportation of consignments in logistics chains was developed. To select the method of cargo delivery, an integrated indicator is proposed, which takes into account both criteria: delivery time and delivery cost. As a result of the conducted research it is proved that the greatest economic effect for the direction of Ukraine – Germany falls on the pickup and delivery method in comparison with the existing door-to-door method that will allow Handicap LLC to increase profit by 39. 65%, as well as using new methods: one-to-many single vehicle pickup – by 34.91% and one-to-many single vehicle delivery – by 30.41%. A new scientific and methodological approach to the selection of rational and customer-oriented method of organizing international road transportation of consignments is proposed, which is to provide an individual approach to customers, as well as to take into consideration transport and terminal features of international road transportation of consignments in logistics chains.
