Successful activities of logistics specialists in transport organisations depend on their ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment where the most changing and essential element – knowledge – is the most important constituent of competence. The lack of competencies of logistics specialists employed in transport organisations and the inconsistencies with the timely use of such competencies decrease the efficiency of performed functions and slow down organizational processes. As the result, employers are forced to deal with an alternative problem, i.e. whether to invest in inexperienced young logistics specialists for them to acquire competencies or to replace them with more experienced specialists. The article analyses the peculiarities of the competencies of logistics specialists and their use as a tool to ensure the development of logistics organisations and the quality of logistics services. The carried out qualitative research enabled the identification of the competence problems of logistics specialists – logistics manager and logistics forwarder – in transport organisations.

In today’s world, with the acceleration of technological processes and the emergence of the wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, all production and service sectors, especially transport companies, are experiencing new challenges of technological development. The technological development of a transport company and the efficiency of road transport logistics depends on all the resources used and the latest implemented technologies. The authors analyse and evaluate the synergy of technological development and logistic cooperation. A synergy connection model is created to assess the interaction between logistic cooperation and technological development, and this synergy impacts the transport company’s activity. Three groups of factors are arranged for the defining of the level of synergy of logistics cooperation and technological development of road transport companies: the first, the influence of technological development on the effective use of IT; the second, the influence of technological development on the quality of innovative equipment; and third, the impact of technological development on the level of staff competence. The Alternative Hierarchy Processing (AHP) method was chosen to assess these factors’ importance as AHP enables quantifying the evaluation, i.e., gives numerical values for quality criteria. The synergy of transport company technological development and logistics cooperation is ensured mostly by the compatibility of transport system technologies and the technological literacy of logistic employees. It has been established that this factor is decisive for the formation of road transport companies’ technological development and logistic cooperation processes. Finally, the conclusions and recommendations are given.

The continuously changing market of companies offering logistics services has challenged logistics organizations to adapt to the needs of service users and providers. Faster information processing offers new ways of communication with suppliers and optimization of distribution systems. Increasing information flows have an increasing potential to affect the management, structure, functioning and development of enterprises. The development of technological infrastructure and information technology systems by organizations allows service participants to exchange information, adjust information flows and restore relevant information through the use of technology, which poses new challenges for resource management. The level of innovation of production processes, productivity and the quality of products directly depends on the transmission of information and technology. To successfully work in the existing market, organizations must not only purchase IT systems or technologies but also constantly upgrade system applications, improve technologies or acquire brand-new IT systems. The article analyses the peculiarities of the impact of the development of technological infrastructure and its use as an instrument for the development of logistics organizations and quality assurance of logistics services. The quality research carried out allowed identifying the problems relating to technological infrastructure in logistics organizations.

The challenges posed by climate change have increasingly been recognized over the few past decades. This article synthesizes current research on broad themes such as climate change, reducing CO₂ emissions, increasing the production of electric cars, etc. Our literature review revealed that much of the research on these topics has focused on the growth rate of motorization, greenhouse gas emissions and technology for the reduction of pollution. However, more recently, scientists have turned their attention to greenhouse gas emissions due to the release of pollutants. Therefore, the authors analyzed the total greenhouse gas emissions per EU country in 2019 and ranked Lithuania among the 28 EU countries. The primary directions for reducing carbon dioxide emissions by driving electric cars are described. A hypothesis is considered, i.e., that investments by transport companies in technological development are related to pollution reduction in Lithuania. The development of new technologies by transport companies has a huge impact on reducing pollution; therefore, it is important to apply more new technologies in future. The paper describes research on Lithuanian transportation enterprises to examine the interactions between the investments by and technological growth of a transportation company. Based on expert assessments and calculations, the relative importance of the components of the transport company’s primary investment measures to minimize pollution are determined.

Rapid changes in the modern world and technological advances and processes are increasingly contributing to greater attention being given to emerging problems associated with obtaining big data, as well as modifying decision-making processes in diverse spheres. Special attention in logistics companies should be given to the warehouse as a critical component of logistics, in particular to such processes as big data processing and automation, as well as the improvement, development, and support of information systems. Enhancing logistics information systems provides companies with a competitive advantage, reduces the emergence of human error, accelerates processes, and ensures the collection and sharing of information and big data are used in a sustainable manner. The automation of warehouse processes results in better-established operational safety and overall service quality. The present paper reviews the importance of improving warehouse automation and logistics information systems. Its advantages are highlighted, and the results of the conducted research are provided to expose the problem areas of warehouse automation and encourage improvements in information systems in Lithuanian logistics companies wherein there is a need to transfer a large amount of information and increase service quality.

The article examines road transport technological development processes through the prism of marketing. Technological development alternatives of road transport companies were analysed and evaluated according to the influence of marketing on the development and competitiveness of the company’s services. During the structural and technological development analysis, the marketing factors determining the components of the technological development process were determined. The analysis of scientific literature sources revealed the level of scientific problem research, which is associated with the notion that technology development is influenced by consumer demand, digital transformation, data availability, and complex processes in the logistics supply chain. When compiling the expert evaluation questionnaire, the criteria of the influence of marketing factors on the development of road transport technologies and the quality of the transport company’s vehicles were singled out. The research reveals that elements of the marketing strategy of transportation companies are elastically related to personalised customer expectations and automated customer choice tracking capabilities. The results can also include quick response to troubleshooting, CO₂ reduction measures, ensuring process continuity, improved safety, and demand planning. The article’s scientific novelty has been achieved by determining new elements of interaction between marketing and technology development in the transport company.