Many different kinds of automation are saving great amount of time and money in e-commerce. This paper gives an overview of the current applications and future of robots in e-commerce and discusses the various factors that that are important to choosing the best approach in ‘last-mile-delivery’. It discusses advantages and disadvantages of autonomous vehicles, questions about safety and reliability and marketing effect. Automation at earlier stages of supply chain, less visible for clients has more impact on delivery process economics.

This article presents differences between Enterprise Resource Planning Systems and Warehouse Management Systems. Management of warehouse processes and hardware requires specialized functionality, not present in ERP, functionality that only WMS can provide. Using separate systems enforces their integration. Different approaches to integration and risks connected to implementation are discussed and summarized.

After the introduction of the Energy Law in 1997, many enterprises started to operate in the power industry, which is translated into the electricity prices competitiveness. The further household tariff extension with more expensive rates at peak times, and favorable lower rates during the night and off-peak hours, did not result significantly change among users belonging to the most generic household tariff G11 with a single electricity rate per KWh (Kilowatt hour) regardless time of use. The article analyzes the electricity purchase and supply costs of the largest households group belonging to G11 tariff and simulates the effectiveness of moving from existing tariff group to the offered competitive tariff according to electricity suppliers.

The paper describes the next stage of the project of an IT platform supporting farmers and organic producers. The article describes the implementation of the method developed in the course of research described in the previous, cited publication of the author. The method assumes the use of composite measures to create a universal gauge (“Good Food Print” ratio GFP) that provides comprehensive information on the good practices used throughout the supply chain of the final product of organic farming. The system offers consumers information in the formula of the Internet All Things, supports producers in the selection of the best suppliers and enables the maintenance of obligatory registers.

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