Problemy Transportu i Logistyki

Previously: Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego. Problemy Transportu i Logistyki


ISSN: 1644-275X     eISSN: 2353-3005    OAI    DOI: 10.18276/ptl.2018.41-15
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Issue archive / nr 1 (41) 2018
EFFEKTIVITÄT UND EFFIZIENZ VON TRANSPORTPROZESSEN
(EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF TRANSPORT PROCESSES)

Authors: Hermann Witte
Hochschule Osnabrück
Keywords: effectivity efficiency transport transport process processes
Data publikacji całości:2018
Page range:14 (163-176)
Klasyfikacja JEL: L91
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Abstract

In this article it is demonstrated that the effectivity and the efficiency of transport processes are measurable. Basis of the measurement procedure are the definitions of transport processes, the effectivity and the efficiency. We have to make a difference between two definitions of efficiency. First there is the well-known economic efficiency. Second we have to regard the spatial efficiency of a transport process. The spatial efficiency of a transport process can be the precondition for the economic efficiency of the process. The measurement of the effectivity and the efficiency of transport processes are demonstrated using the basic structures of transport processes: the straight (direct) process, the converging process, the diverging process and the regrouping process. With a spatial efficiency of one the straight (direct) process is the best model for planning transport processes. This result is not surprising. In a straight (direct) process all transport distances are equal with the air distance (beeline). All transport processes which are different from the air distance have less spatial efficiency.
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