Resource-Saving Approach to Cargo Delivery in Regional Supply Chains

The objective of the article is to select and justify an approach to formation of a regional resource-saving model of cargo distribution based on determining the economically feasible number of transport and logistics centres that ensure a reduction in delivery costs. The study used methods of economic and mathematical modelling, statistical and comparative analysis, correlation and regression, abstract logical, theoretical and empirical and structural analysis. The paper analyses scientific approaches to cost reduction when choosing an economically feasible number of transport and logistics infrastructure facilities from the standpoint of more efficient spatial selection of infrastructure facilities of the transport and logistics network, contains a correlation and regression analysis of the impact of the number of transport and logistics centres on transport costs when distributing goods in supply chains and estimate of an analytical relationship between these indicators, as well as substantiates the influence of the cargo delivery price level on resource-saving indicators in the cargo distribution system. The results of the conducted research can be used to determine the level of logistics costs and their impact on the prices of final goods and services, which is one of the ways to implement the goal of resource conservation for commercial companies and executive authorities.