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Recent years have been marked by mounting challenges facing the transport sector. The issues affecting TFL companies include the shortage of specialized drivers or new EU regulations. In order to survive, businesses should quickly implement many innovative solutions that would allow them to function in the continuously changing reality.

„I have never been in an accident of any sort worth speaking about. I never saw a wreck and have never been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort” - said Edward Smith, the Captain of Titanic, just before leaving the port... Yet it seems that a crisis may strike anyone, at any moment. That is why a company that wants to run its operations without major disruptions needs to be prepared for everything.

An extremely important element and link of business analytics is the process of data modelling, thanks to which the extracted information are transformed into knowledge which can be utilised to make more effective business decisions. To put it briefly - the process of modelling transforms raw data into conclusions with practical applications through which the models are transformed into universal tools. Modelling allows for forecasting future business results, assessing risk, evaluating the situation and the widely understood effective management of time, money and resources.

At first glance it seems that transport and ecology can't go hand in hand. In 2015, trucks cruising the roads of the European Union emitted 366 million tons of carbon dioxide. What's more, it's the only sector of the EU economy which hasn't noted a perceivable drop in greenhouse gas emissions since 1990. Yet, when we take a closer look at the situation, it will turn op that positive changes occur here overnight and people connected with transport do their best not to harm our planet.

Although the amendment of the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) came into force on January 1, 2017, the older version could have been used until the end of June. Not everyone was able to take advantage of the transition period and get ready for the new solutions. What must be remembered about in order to ensure appropriate conditions for transported goods and not to pay penalties for errors in documentation?

It is as simple as it can be but it almost turned the world economy upside down. It revolutionised logistics, it affected the design of transport equipment and goods and, of course, the French have their own way in this regard as well.

The market of transport services is getting more and more competitive. Carriers are no longer able to compete by reducing their profit margins. In order to survive in the new reality, logistics companies are forced to look for other ways to reduce transport costs. Who will benefit from this?

Before fruit-flavored bonbons Skittles make their way to their consumers, both in the Czech Republic and in many other European and non-European countries, they get to enjoy their own “sauna”. No, it's not a joke. The chewy candies produced by Wrigley Confections ČR, do indeed ripen in a special “sauna”. This unique solution has recently been built in the Czech Republic by Raben Logistics Czech.

We are living in the times of information revolution: business intelligence, data science, data mining, machine learning, big data and the internet of things. Are we becoming a part of this world when we use the internet or smartphones? Both as consumers and employees, we are more or less consciously building this world and we are driving it forward even more. It is inevitable and one must prepare for it really well.

On April 18, 2017, the act dated March 9, 2017, on the system of monitoring of road transport of goods came into force. Who will be affected by the new law and what changes have been implemented?