Improving efficiency and diversification of services inside a logistics company under price dumping.

Improving the efficiency of the company's transport department

Aim of the paper: to investigate the possibilities of improving the efficiency of the transport department of a company.Objectives:1. to select and summarise available statistical data on the Latvian transport sector;2. to review the concept of logistics, to identify the main logistics activities, to explain the specifics of the logistics approach to the organisation of transport processes; 3. to carry out a study on the organisational and economic activity of the company "SAVITRA" Ltd;4. collect information on the company's fleet of trucks;5. analyse the efficiency of the technical operation of the company's transport department;6. develop measures to increase the efficiency of the company's transport department.SAVITRA Ltd specialises in freight transport and provides quality services to customers in several European countries.In the first chapter the statistical data on the transport and storage sector were considered; in the second chapter the analysis of the activity of "SAVITRA" Ltd. was carried out; in the third chapter the improvement of the operational efficiency of the transport department of "SAVITRA" Ltd. by the purchase of a new lorry was developed.