Improving the Railway Management System at Industrial Enterprises

The authors aim to identify and structure logistic processes in the internal environment of industrial enterprises, as well as to distribute zones of functional responsibility for the components of the wagon turnover in order to form growth points for strengthening competitive advantages in the production of finished goods of industrial enterprises. Methods. In the framework of the conducted research, general scientific and special methods were applied. The general methods include such methods as analysis of the structure of wagon turnover, including timekeeping, and its comparison with the best practices, as well as formalization of formulas for assessing economic efficiency in working with wagon assets and commercial rates for railway services. Among the special ones were used sociological survey in the form of interviewing focus groups of independent experts, as well as the method of process analytics to assess the links between the participants of the railway transportation process. The scientific novelty of the article should include the development of the structure of the car production cycle with functional areas of responsibility for industrial enterprises in the management of car assets and the development of the target model of the organization of operational measures of continuous improvement in the context of functional divisions of the enterprise. Results and Conclusions. Proposals and recommendations outlined in the article will be useful in assessing the efficiency of railroad facilities of industrial enterprises for managers, specialists in the field of industry, logistics and independent consultants at various levels of interaction - from cost management to the provision of logistics service.