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itle"Abstract"/jats:title""jats:p"The paper addresses an analysis of potential synergies in collaboration between an observed Port in the Mediterranean Sea and Central-European logistic railway-services based company. Both companies have established a strategic partnership. The main motive was cooperation in rail transport, with a particular emphasis on potential synergies that would a rail traffic have brought to a port’s business. For the purpose of synergies valuation under uncertain conditions, a Monte Carlo simulation-based framework with integrated discounted cash flow (DCF) model is applied. The possible values of future synergies are calculated via the DCF model by simultaneously changing values of different uncertain financial parameters at each repetition of a Monte Carlo scenario-playing mechanism. In this process, predicted forecasts of future synergetic throughputs are also used for various types of observed cargo. As it turned out, the generated synergies’ values follow the approximate normal distribution. Based on statistical inference and analysis of probability intervals it was discovered that there might indeed exist certain important synergies in the collaboration between both companies. This fact has convinced us into a belief in the correctness of companies′ decision to enter into such kind of strategic cooperation. Document type: Article

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The paper addresses the problem of the reconstruction and allocation of delivery positions in the urban area. The aim is to achieve the optimal reorganization of urban freight transport in old town core in the municipality of Celje. Optimal allocation relies on optimization based on the Monte Carlo simulation and represents a first stage of a two-stage optimization approach to re-design the existing urban freight transport. The number of optimal delivery positions is required to be as minimal as possible, which can still assure a maximal service area within the prescribed radius, while keeping the minimal walking distances of delivery personnel between the nearest delivery position and the customerʼs physical location. The main issues of the used heuristic allocation algorithm and the presentation of calculated results are provided. In the near future, the calculated delivery positions are going to be used for the purpose of physical implementation in order to improve the existing delivery transport. Der Artikel behandelt das Problem der Wiederaufbau und Allokation von den Lieferung Positionen in einem städtischen Gebiet. Der Zweck ist die optimale Reorganisation des städtischen Güterverkehrs im alten Stadtkern in der Gemeinde Celje zu Erreichen. Die optimale Allokation basiert auf der Optimierung auf Basis der Monte-Carlo-Simulationen und stellt die erste Stufe einer zweistufigen Optimierung Verfahren zur Re-Designs der bestehenden städtischen Güterverkehrs. Die Anzahl der optimalen Lieferpositionen sollte so wenig wie möglich sein, aber trotzdem einen maximalen Service-Bereich innerhalb des vorgeschriebenen Radius gewährleisten. Gleichzeitig sollte die Entfernung zwischen den nächstgelegenen Lieferpositionen und Kunden Positionen kleinstmöglich sein. Die wichtigsten Themen des verwendeten Heuristic Zuordnungsalgorithmus und die Darstellung der berechneten Ergebnisse sind gegeben. Die Standorte der berechneten Lieferung Positionen werden zum Zwecke der physikalischen Implementierung genutzt, um den bestehenden Güterverkehr zu verbessern. Document type: Article