The study evaluates the current state of internal transport in a manufacturing enterprise and analyzes the costs of operating and maintaining forklifts. An analysis of internal transport management and the efficiency of its utilization was also conducted. Following the diagnostic phase, an analysis was performed, and based on original research, directions for changes were presented regarding management, the structure of owned equipment, its operation, and the choice of methods for securing transport equipment (forklifts) for the enterprise.1. INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the company’s internal transport system analysis (audit) was to compare the workload of forklifts and their share in maintenance and repair costs between the main departments of the company under study, based on observations conducted on-site and obtained data. A logistics audit is a method of substantive verification of existing discrepancies between the declared and actual state of a functioning system and an assessment of their effectiveness. It involves examining the logistics system against the adopted model and assumptions, and subsequently identifying discrepancies related to the product, process, organization, adopted procedures, and information flow, which is necessary to improve decision-making conditions. Such an examination should determine whether the achieved results correspond to the planned arrangements in achieving logistics goals (Twaróg 2004).
Eliminating all discrepancies and defects should lead to an improvement in the functioning of the entire logistics system or its inefficient internal and external elements. The result should be a strengthening of market position and staff awareness, as well as higher company profit. The basic criteria for this assessment are: efficiency, product and service quality, and full realization of strategic logistics goals (Korzeń, Twaróg 1997).
The chipboard manufacturing enterprise is located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The logistics chain of the production process in the studied enterprise covers all stages of production, from the manufacture of raw boards, through intermediate stages of finishing and refining according to customer requirements, to the preparation of boards for shipment. For this reason, the production chain can be divided into two often interrelated streams of activities, primary and optional, in which selected production departments participate, without taking into account supporting units. (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine