1.Logistics service centers and city logistics issues 1.1.Individual aspects of the logistics service center 1.1.1.Overview of logistics service centers in Germany 1.1.2.Overview of logistics service centers in the Czech Republic 1.1.3.Overview of logistics service centers in the Slovak Republic 1.1.4.Overview of logistics service centers in Hungary 1.1.5.Overview of logistics service centers in Poland 1.2.Individual aspects of the city logistics concept 1.2.1.Trends affecting city logistics development and processes 1.2.2.City logistics approaches 2.Use of Operations Research methods to place logistics service centers - literaturę review 2.1.Overview of the relevant methods - location of the logistics service centers 2.1.1.Classical hub location-allocation models 2.1.2.Other warehouse location problems 2.2.Application of the specific methods for determining the weights of criteria 2.2.1.Method of eąual weights 2.2.2.Entropy method 2.2.3.Method of ranking 2.2.4.Fuller triangle method 2.2.5.Scoring method 2.2.6.Saaty method 2.3.Application of the specific methods in terms of multi-criteria evaluation of variants 2.3.1.Simple method of ranking 2.3.2.Lexicographical method 2.3.3.Permutation method 2.3.4.ORESTE method 2.3.5.TOPSIS method 2.3.6.WSA method 2.3.7.AHP method 2.4. Evaluation of suitability of individual methods for their application within a given issue 3.Use of Operations Research methods for distribution tasks - literaturę review 3.1.Overview of the relevant methods - distribution tasks 3.1.1.Transport networks 3.1.2.Graphtheory 3.1.3.Distribution tasks 3.1.4.Vehicle routing problem 3.2.Application of Greedy algorithm 3.3.Application of the Nearest Neighbor Algorithm 3.4.Application of the Least cost Method 3.5.Application of the Vogel Approximation Method 3.6.Application of the Hungarian method 3.7.Application ofLittle Algorithm 3.8.Application of the Ciarkę-Wright method 3.9.Application of the Mayer method 3.10.Evaluation of suitability of individual methods for their application within a given issue 4.Model designs - location of the logistics service centers 4.1.Draft model of logistics service center location by applying the WSA method 4.1.1.Identifying a set of variants 4.1.2.Establishing a set of criteria 4.1.3.Determining the weights of criteria 4.1.4.Selecting the most suitable variant using the WSA method 4.2.Draft model of logistics service center location by applying the AHP method 4.3.Draft model of logistics service center location by applying the TOPSIS method 4.4.Discussion of partial results - location of the logistics service centers 5.Model designs - distribution tasks 5.1. Draft model of delivery routes when applying Greedy algorithm 5.1.1.Model of cargo delivery to customers without initial distance optimization 5.1.2.Model of cargo delivery to customers with initial distance optimization using Greedy algorithm 5.2.Draft model of delivery routes when applying the Clarke-Wright method 5.2.1.Model of cargo delivery to customers for the original state 5.2.2.Model of optimized cargo delivery to customers using the Clarke-Wright method 5.3.Draft model of delivery routes when applying the Mayer method 5.3.1.Model of cargo delivery to customers for the original state 5.3.2.Model of optimized cargo delivery to customers using the Mayer method 5.3.3.Determining the seąuence of supplies using the Nearest Neighbor algorithm 5.4.Discussion of partial results - distribution tasks 6. Finał evaluation of the results obtained and discussion 6.1.Evaluation of the draft methodology for placing the Logistics service centers 6.2.Evaluation of the draft models of delivery routes (distribution tasks) 6.2.1.Assessment of the restrictive conditions 6.2.2.Assessment of the optimization criterion 6.2.3.Assessment of the vehicle capacity utilization 6.3.Evaluation of the established assumptions Annex 1. Breakdown of logistics service centers Annex 2. Input distance matrix D (distances traveled among centers in km) Annex 3. Input time matrix (travel time among individual centers in min) Annex 4. Matrix of preferential coefficients Z (for the Clarke-Wright method) Annex 5. The rate table for the Mayer method (distances traveled among centers in km) Annex 6. The finał rate table for the Mayer method after designing the delivery routes