Аpplication of assortment analysis methods in order to improve procurement activities in the struc-tural divisions of the holding JSC «Russian Railways»

Abstract

Procurement activity, being a special element of the logistics system, forms economic relations in the field of supply of necessary material and technical resources between structural divisions of railway transport. The effectiveness of its organization is one of the main conditions for the successful operation of the holding's structural divisions. The improvement of procurement activities contributes to the growth of trade turnover, reducing the cost of purchasing and storing goods, and therefore to the improvement of the financial condition and increase the efficiency of its activities. The Directorate of railway stations has an insufficiently productive structure of procurement activities that does not provide rational purchase of related goods for the road. The process of procurement activities in the Directorate of Railway Terminals is carried out using traditional methods, without involving additional specialists in the field of procurement and automation resulting in the problems in the organization and planning of this type of activity producing barriers to the rational and effective construction of the entire working capital management system. In the article the author suggests optimizing the process of purchasing related products, based on the structure of available procurement resources. A comprehensive analysis of the product range is carried out by a method that allows to classify the resources of the directorate according to the degree of importance. The result of the analysis is the grouping of objects according to the degree of influence on the overall result of the directorate's activities. The improvement of the procurement process with respect to related products consists in identifying additional profits while forecasting and eliminating possible losses.