Modern trends in?logistics of?agricultural enterprises

摘要

The?article is devoted to?the analysis of?the use of?modern trends in?the logistics of?agricultural enterprises in?Slovakia in?order to?achieve a competitive advantage and to?ensure the?improvement of?the course of?business activities. The?research was carried out in?67 agricultural enterprises on the?territory of?Slovakia. The?following methods of?data collection were used: Computer-Assisted Web Interviewing, Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing and Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing. When interpreting the?results of?research, descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing were used. Pearson’s chi-squared test, Pearson’s contingency coefficient and Tschuprow’s coefficient were applied as statistical tests. The?result of?the analysis is the?need for?digitisation and transfer of?Big Data that?will lead to?better decisions, resulting in?higher operational efficiency, cost reduction, risk reduction, flexibility, efficiency, and clarity of?logistic processes. Agricultural enterprises in?Slovakia will have to?accept Industry 4.0. The?results of?the research revealed that?71.6% of?agricultural enterprises strongly agrees with the?usage of?logistic technology. Price has a strong influence, as an?important factor, on the?implementation of?a new trend in?logistics in?case of?80.6%?agricultural enterprises. 29.8% of?respondents accept logistic trends but do not have the?funds to?implement them in?their enterprise.