The article deals with the transfer of freight from road freight to railway freight transport. In railway transport, individual wagons or groups of wagons with a maximum number of five are used. Combined transport is used for commodity flows. Goods are loaded in ISO 1 containers with an outer length of 20 or 40 feet. Special ramps allow goods to be transported from the ramp to the container and vice versa. The system can be used for storage device, distribution and logistics centres with railway connections to public railway transport.

Recently, there were many approaches and opinions discussing efficiency and usage of EDI and, additionally, whether EDI is still up-to-date or companies require substituting it with another platform instead. Based on these papers and findings, we conducted a survey to study the current status of EDI usage in the Czech Republic. Findings from our survey helped us to understand the relation between EDI adoption and eventual EDI substitution with regard to the size of companies in the Czech Republic. This paper is based mainly on the research of Czech and foreign literature and survey conducted in the particular areas of business in the Czech Republic. The main goal of this paper is to find out the current situation of EDI usage according to company sizes and a potential for EDI substitution in the Czech Republic. This paper is considered an extension of a research about EDI adoption according to industries and logistics model implementation in the Czech Republic. KEY WORDSElectronic Data Interchange information technology data exchange usage logistics

Summary: A series of two case reports discusses the differential diagnosis of painless jaundice in the elderly and points to autoimmune pancreatitis as one of its rarer causes. In search for the cause, the first step is to rule out the malignant origin of the obstruction using the clinical picture, imaging examinations, and EUS-guided biopsy. An imaging examination can initially point to the possibility of autoimmune pancreatitis, but in the case of focal pancreatic involvement the distinction from cancer is unreliable. Elevated concentration of IgG4 antibodies can further increase the probability of IgG4-associated pancreatitis. Histological examination of the pancreas will help reveal typical features of autoimmune pancreatitis such as lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, storiform fibrosis, obliterating phlebitis and increased number of IgG4 positive plasma cells. Once the diagnosis is probable, it is advisable to start a treatment with steroids. A quick decrease in cholestatic markers and bilirubin is typical. Patients with autoimmune pancreatitis require long-term follow-up, to adjust the treatment in case of relapses, the risk of developing exocrine or endocrine insufficiency, and in case of IgG4 associated disease due to the risk of other organ systems involvement. The risk of pancreatic cancer is still a matter of discussion. Key words: autoimmune pancreatitis – IgG4 – obstructive jaundice – case report

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Managing inventory is considered as one of the most challenging tasks facing supply chain managers and specialists. Decisions related to inventory locations along with level of inventory kept throughout the supply chain have a fundamental impact on the response time, service level, delivery lead-time and the total cost of the supply chain. The main objective of this paper is to identify and analyse the share of a particular logistic model adopted in the Czech Republic (Consignment stock, Buffer stock, Safety stock) and also compare their usage and adoption according to different industries. This paper also aims to specify possible reasons of particular logistic model preferences in comparison to the others. The analysis is based on quantitative survey held in the Czech Republic.