Systematics of basic concepts in the transport process

The role and significance of movement. Types of production processes and the physical changes in the form of the object of labor occurring within them. Types of enterprise activity. Lack of precision in terminology in literature. Definition of the concept of transport. Transport in the production process, i.e., non-separated, does not fulfill the function of a link between senders and recipients. Errors in the classification of transport means and activities in loading operations. Defining the essence of processing in transport. The validity of using the concept of the object of labor. The type of movement as the basis for the classification of transport means.INTRODUCTION
It is not without reason that the role and significance of one of the types of socio-economic human activity, consisting of moving people and things, are highlighted. We generally call it transport, although it is not always transport. Its role is to integrate, i.e., to combine into a whole (unity) the results of all types of production processes, expressed in the value of the final production effect, i.e., the price of a material good. Price (value) is possessed by all production resources, including intangible goods and labor force.
In general, the discussed accumulation of effects is known, among others, from the theory of resource intensity.
It captures the physical changes in the form of the object of labor (action, production) in various types of production (manufacturing) processes, namely:
• acquisition. Here, due to the environment, we have an acquired necessary physical change in the form of the object of labor;
• processing. In this process, it is essential to obtain a physical change in the form of the object of labor, necessary in further processes;
• movement (transport). Here, no physical change in the form of the object of labor can occur, as achieving its necessary capacity to satisfy a specific need requires solely a physical change in spatial and temporal existence. As a result of this change, potential utility value becomes actual;
• final. This is the process of giving the produced good its final physical form, suitable for utilization (consumption), i.e., satisfying a specific need.
Furthermore, resource intensity must also take into account various types of activity, in which we distinguish: (…)

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