[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT To solve market competitive problems Russian enterprises, the authors believe, should implement an integrated approach to the development of supply chains for transportation over long distances (such a situation occurs more often while introducing a new product to the market when it is delivered directly from the manufacturer factory). In this case, the transport component is of particular importance, as it may significantly exceed the share of other logistics costs. Demonstrated approach to the design of delivery of goods takes into account the alternative choice. It is proposed to assess not only the most optimal (in terms of cost and integrated indicators) options, but to take into account those in where a certain benefit or important social aspect with more distant consequences for the production itself is prevailing. Examples of calculations, models and methods of designing logistics systems are presented. It is expected that the developed methodology can be used for individual subsystems - for example, purchasing, transportation, warehousing, inventory management. Keywords: transport, economy, logistics, supply chain, multimodal transportation, design, transportation, logistics costs. REFERENCES 1.Stock, J.R., Lambert, D.M.Strategic Logistics Management [Strategicheskoe upravlenie logistikoj. Transl. from English].Moscow, Infra-M, 2005, 797 p. 2.Bowersox, D.J., Closs, D.J.Logistical Management: The Integrated Supply Chain Process.[Logistika: integrirovannaya cep’ postavok. Transl. from English].Moscow, Olimp-Biznes publ., 2001, 640 p. 3.Anikin, B.A., Tyapukhin, A.P.Commercial Logistics: Textbook [Kommercheskaja logistika: Uchebnik].Moscow, TK Welby; Prospect, 2005, 432 p. 4.Bobkova, V.M., Lukinsky, V.S., Lukinsky, V.V., Troy anov, A.E.Strategy of transport enterprises reengineering: educational guide [Strategija reinzhiniringa transportnyh predprijatij: Ucheb. posobie].St.Petersburg, GIEU, 2005, 115 p. 5.Corporate logistics.Questions and answers [Korporativnaja logistika. V voprosah i otvetah].Ed.by V.I.Sergeev.Moscow, INFRA-M, 2013, 634 p. 6.Logistics: educational guide [Logistika:Ucheb. posobie].Ed.by B.A.Anikin.Moscow, Infra-M, 2002, 200 p. 7.Models and methods of logistics theory: educational guide [Modeli i metody teorii logistiki: Ucheb. posobie].2nd ed.Ed.by V.S.Lukinsky.St.Petersburg, Piter publ., 2008, 448 p. 8.Christopher Martin: Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Creating Value-Adding Networks, 3rd edition, FT Prentice Hall, 2005. The article is based on the papers, presented by the authors at the International scientific and practical conference «International Logistics: science, practice and education», held on March 3, 2015 at the Institute of Management and Information Technologies of Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MIIT).