# Material Flow Optimization as a Tool for Improving Logistics Processes in the Company
## 5 Results
### Variant 2--Replacing External Operators for FG Transport with In-House Fleet  
Like Variant 1, one of the cost-saving strategies for material flow optimization is reducing transportation costs. This proposal considers the operational leasing of two truck-trailer units and hiring a fourth driver with a C + E license. The drivers would rotate on these two units to ensure full utilization of the vehicles. To determine the cost indicator, we calculate the current transportation frequency cost per kilometer, which presently stands at 1.24 EUR/km for FG transport. The acquisition cost for two truck-trailer units amounts \begin{table}
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**Costs** & **Pcs.** & **Cost per Unit (EUR)** & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Total Monthly Costs**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Annual Costs (EUR)**} \\  & & & & **(EUR)** & & \\ \hline Forklift & 8 & 742.87 & 5942.97 & 71,315.60 \\ Pallet truck & 3 & 269.04 & 807.11 & 9685.36 \\ Handling staff & 22 & 1601.08 & 35,223.83 & 422,686.00 \\ SF transport & 6593 & 14.54 & 7966.98 & 95,843.75 \\ FG transport & 2776 & 79.66 & 18,427.06 & 221,124.74 \\ Fruta lease & 1 & 2987.10 & 2987.10 & 35,845.15 \\ Total costs & & & & 856,500.60 \\ Total costs per meter & & & & 0.01 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 11: Costs after optimization. \begin{table}
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**From** & **To** & **Tons/Year** & \begin{tabular}{c} **Frequency/** \\ **Year** \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} **Distance** \\ **(m)** \\ \end{tabular} & \
\begin{tabular}{c} **Performance** \\ **(t \(\times\) m)** \\ \end{tabular} &
\begin{tabular}{c} **m/Year** \\ \end{tabular} & **Handling Costs** \\ \hline Receipt of primary packaging & Primary packaging materials & 504 & 2016 & 40 & 20,160 & 80,640 & 642.35 \\ materials (PM) & warehouse (PM) & Secondary packaging materials & 4719 & 7080 & 20 & 94,380 & 141,600 & 1127.93 \\ Receipt of raw materials (RM) & Raw materials warehouse (RM) & 47,634 & 127,024 & 10 & 476,340 & 1,270,240 & 10,118.21 \\ Raw materials warehouse (RM) & section 1 & 47,634 & 127,024 & 20 & 952,680 & 2,540,480 & 20,236.42 \\ section 1 & Production lines & 47,634 & 63,512 & 20 & 952,680 & 1,270,240 & 10,118.21 \\ Primary packaging materials & Production lines & 476 & 1904 & 20 & 9520 & 38,080 & 303.33 \\ warehouse (PM) & Output from lines & 48,110 & 347 & 100 & 4,811,000 & 34,700 & 276.41 \\ Output from lines & Semi-finished goods & 48,110 & 100,300 & 5 & 240,550 & 501,500 & 3994.74 \\ Semi-finished goods & warehouse (SF) & & & & & & \\ Semi-finished goods & Fruta & 48,110 & 3123 & 2000 & 96,220,000 & 6,246,000 & 49,753.07 \\ Fruta & Packaging & 48,110 & 3470 & 2000 & 96,220,000 & 6,940,000 & 55,281.19 \\ Secondary packaging materials & Packaging & 4461 & 2230 & 50 & 223,050 & 111,500 & 888.16 \\ warehouse (PM) & & & & & & & \\ Packaging & Finished goods warehouse (FG) & 45,802 & 22,901 & 10 & 458,020 & 229,010 & 1824.20 \\ Finished goods warehouse (FG) & Céske Budíívice & 11,451 & 694 & 34,000 & 389,343,000 & 235,960,00 & 187,956.03 \\ Finished goods warehouse (FG) & Tábor & 34,351 & 2082 & 31,000 & 1,648,841,000 & 6,454,200 & 541,115.02 \\ Packaging & & 6769 & 347 & 50 & 338,450 & 17,350 & 138.20 \\ Total & & 443,875 & 464,054 & 69,345 & 30,780,511,875 & 107,559,340 & 856,773.46 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 12: Overall flow overview for Variant 1.  
to EUR 40,202.61, with a monthly lease of EUR 1675.11 per unit. Operating costs are calculated based on the estimated annual mileage of 176,276 km and the current fuel price of 1.43 EUR/L for diesel [36] (accessed on 11 February 2025). Personnel costs for four drivers are estimated at EUR 102,612.37 (see Table 13). To determine the cost per kilometer, we use Formula (4), as follows:  
\[c_{km}=\frac{201,710.96}{176,276}=1.14\ \dot{\mathfrak{c}}\]  
Based on the cost per kilometer calculations, we can now determine the cost of a single transport to the Lasek warehouse and the Tabor warehouse.