THE NATURE AND TYPES OF NETWORK RELATIONS IN DISTRIBUTION OF METALLURGICAL PRODUCTS

The article analyses the motives for establishing cooperation within a company supply network as division points in a supplies chain of metallurgical product s. The division points were defined and identified at the level of service centres in the investigated chain. The analysis too k into consideration various types of inter-organis ational bonds, which are placed in the network relations classification matr ix. The study concerns a complex distribution syste m. The analysed distribution network combines flows characteristic for both flexible and narrow supply chains.