For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The relevance of the article is justified by the need for in-depth theoretical and applied research related to creation of an integrated system for planning and controlling of resources, improvement of the material and technical supply of railway enterprises. The object and area of research is the subsystem of material-technical supply at the operating domain of Kuibyshev Railway in the system of economic management of JSC Russian Railways. At the same time, the improved methodology for calculating the standard of production stocks is demonstrated, which excludes unreasonable decentralized purchases, reduces maintenance of inventories, operational costs of accompanying supplies of material assets, as well as operational, depreciation and tax expenses of the regional departments of Samara Directorate of Material-Technical Supply. Keywords: railway, material and technical supply, planning, methodology for calculating the standard of production stocks, intra-industry reserves, spending limits, economic efficiency.