As Forbes found out, according to the statement of the chairman of the board of directors of Alfa Capital, Mikhail Khabarov, the assets of businessman Alexander Bogatikov worth $153 million were arrested, including his shares in the logistics group of companies Delovye Linii. The owners of Business Lines themselves have changed. One of them was Tatyana Bashmakova, former general director of Nafta Moscow.
On February 12, the District Court of Nicosia arrested the assets of businessman Alexander Bogatikov for $153 million, including shares in the logistics group of companies “Business Lines” owned by him. This was officially announced by Coledor Consulting Limited, which is controlled by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa Capital, Mikhail Khabarov. Coledor and Khabarov went to court to “protect the rights” in relation to Business Lines, which Khabarov has “based on a number of agreements concluded in accordance with foreign law,” the company said in a statement.
Khabarov came to Business Lines exactly three years ago, in February 2015, leaving the post of president of the A1 investment company, which belongs to Alfa Group, and Alexey Kuzmichev. A1 specializes in crisis management and resolution of complex situations. One of these situations was the conflict between the owners of Business Lines in 2013. A1, which was then headed by Khabarov, acquired approximately 30% of the group from the co-founder of Business Lines Sergei Demidov, who was unable to agree on the terms of exit from the business with partners Bogatikov and Igor Bogatyrev.
Mikhail Khabarov - Business Lines
Later, A1 sold the asset to other co-owners of the group, and Khabarov moved to Business Lines, while retaining the post of chairman of the board of directors of Alfa Capital. In a press release from Business Lines, which was sent out on February 25, 2015, Khabarov was named as a co-owner and chairman of the board of directors of Business Lines. Khabarov himself and a company representative confirmed this to Forbes, but did not disclose the amount of the transaction and the size of his share. According to SPARK, as of January 12, 2015, Bogatikov controlled 100% of Delovye Linii LLC, 100% of Avtodellin LLC, 100% of Optima Logistic LLC, Prokatoff LLC.
DL-Trans LLC, another of the companies included in the Business Lines perimeter, belonged to two Cypriot companies - Fiddletown Limited and Feldora Holdings Limited. Then the Cypriot Doglemor Trade Limited became the owner of the companies. How Coledor Khabarova was connected with the mentioned Cypriot companies is unknown. The Coledor report also states that since August 2017, Bogatikov blocked Khabarov’s access to information and employees of Business Lines.
Khabarov confirmed the contents of the press release and refused further comments, including what exactly happened between him and Bogatikov. He only clarified that he still likes Business Lines and believes in the prospects of the logistics business in Russia. It was not possible to contact Bogatikov. The press service of Business Lines did not comment on Caledor’s message.
Business Lines has been experiencing various kinds of upheavals for several years now. After the resolution of the shareholder conflict between Bogatikov, Bogatyrev and Demidov, the company was accused of tax evasion in 2011-2013 in the amount of more than 1 billion rubles, and Bogatikov became involved in a criminal case as an accused. The case was closed on June 20 due to the fact that “the damage caused to the budget system of the Russian Federation as a result of the crime has been compensated in full,” Vedomosti wrote, citing the resolution.
New owners of Business Lines
Meanwhile, Business Lines has new owners. Now, according to SPARK, the companies of the Business Lines group are controlled by LLC 0578 Holding, which actually belongs to Alexander Bogatikov (43%), Magomedrasul Gadzhiev (25%), Grigory Gurariy (12.5%), Tatyana Bashmakova (12. 5%), Alexander Kobzev (7%). Kobzev is a lawyer, he was a co-owner of the law firm “Reznik, Gagarin and Partners”. Tatyana Bashmakova was part of the inner circle of senator and billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, and headed the Nafta Moscow company. Bashmakova has not yet responded to a request to comment on the conflict between Bogatikov and Khabarov.
“It’s a pity, of course, that this happens in a company,” says one of the founders of Business Lines, Sergei Demidov, who sold his share of A1 in 2013 and created his own company, Vozovoz. “But nothing can be done, as long as they divide the shares, we will divide the market.”
“It is unlikely that the seizure of assets will cause the company to stop operating. And if it does, it won’t threaten the market with anything terrible,” says Ruslan Kiss, head of the Non-Commercial Partnership of Professionals and Participants in Foreign Economic Activity. - “Business Lines” have missed out on the fast-growing e-commerce sector, they are trying to catch up, opening points for receiving and issuing correspondence, purchasing light-duty trucks. They also want to gain a foothold in the temperature transportation market and are investing in refrigerators. But the competition is serious and the market is quite saturated.”
“If assets mean company shares, then various seizure measures are possible: a ban on the payment of dividends, on the disposal of shares and a ban on voting. All three measures are possible simultaneously - this largely depends on the shareholder’s share, says FBK Pravo partner Alexander Ermolenko. - The very presence of a conflict affects the market attractiveness of the company - potentially interested parties will be wary of a company with a conflict situation within. The functioning of the company is under less or greater threat, depending on the severity of the conflict between shareholders and attempts to drive the other partner out of business.”
Created in 2001, the Business Lines company is now the largest carrier of groupage cargo in Russia (26% of the market) and ranks first in terms of the volume of warehouse space under management (575,000 sq. m.). Business Lines employs 20,000 employees in 153 cities where it operates; the company’s fleet includes 4,000 vehicles of various carrying capacities. In 2014, the company's revenue was estimated at 25 billion rubles, in 2016 - 35 billion rubles.
Company A1, which manages the funds of Alfa Group shareholders, is considered a raider unit: its intervention in corporate conflicts in third-party companies often ended with the companies ending up in the ownership of the holding or its managers. The previous head of A1, Alexander Vinokurov, who is the son-in-law of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, was named by the Ruspres agency as involved in the legalization of property fraudulently taken from the rightful owners of the Eurodon holding, the forceful takeover of the Stroyfarfor company, and fraud in the purchase of the pharmaceutical distributor SIA International "
Analysis of the activities of LLC "Business Lines"
General characteristics of the enterprise
LLC "Business Lines" is a dynamically developing company in the field of cargo transportation by road in the service market of Irkutsk and surrounding regions. Founded in 2006, it has already earned a reputation as a reliable and stable partner for many clients.
LLC "Business Lines" operates on the basis of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, and other regulations of the Russian Federation, as well as the constituent agreement on the creation of the company and the Charter. It is a legal entity, owns separate property, accounted for on an independent balance sheet, can, in its own name, acquire and exercise property and personal non-property rights, bear responsibilities, and be a plaintiff and defendant in court. Business Lines LLC provides transport solutions that guarantee cost and time savings for both suppliers and carriers. The small size of the company allows it to be very flexible and consider each request on an individual basis. Each client has a personal manager.
The main activity of the organization is to provide the client with a full range of freight forwarding services. Automobile transportation of goods from 1 ton across the territory of Russia.
Business Lines LLC has its own fleet of 15 Eurotruck-type vehicles, as well as 2 vehicles with a carrying capacity of up to 10 tons.
Business Lines LLC is located at the address: 410003, Irkutsk, st. Cooperative, 100.
Assessment (development) of the enterprise’s mission: a well-thought-out organization of cargo transportation inspires confidence in customers, which is why government agencies, large and medium-sized businesses order freight transportation in Russia from Delovye Linii LLC.
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the enterprise
At enterprises with a large number of rolling stock, there are problems with transportation planning. To ensure that vehicles operate profitably, many factors must be taken into account, such as:
organizing maintenance and repair of vehicles to maintain its high level of reliability;
features of transportation determined by transport (type, quantity of cargo, transportation distance, loading and unloading conditions), road (condition of the road surface), climatic (air temperature, duration of summer and winter periods) conditions;
organizing logistics work in order to provide the necessary amount of fuel, lubricants, spare parts and assemblies, tires, etc.;
organizing transportation routes that allow for maximum use of vehicles and working time;
providing the transport enterprise with the necessary number of workers: specialists, managers, drivers, repair workers.
So, the company uses waybills of a standard interdepartmental form. Information in waybills is manually entered by the following employees:
1) dispatcher - information about the driver (surname, his personnel number); car data (car make, license plate number); time of leaving the garage, time of return to the garage; the required amount of fuel to complete the task; name and address of the customer; remaining fuel when leaving and entering the garage (data confirmed by the mechanic’s signature); speedometer reading when leaving and returning to the garage;
2) by the driver - time (hours, minutes) and speedometer readings upon arrival at and departure from the customer, route of travel. Also on the waybill, the driver indicates the hours of part-time work, since he is paid additionally for combining duties. For example, in the “Special Notes” column, an entry is made about combining the duties of a loader or freight forwarder;
4) permission to release a car in good condition from the garage, handing over the car to the driver and acceptance of the car from the driver are certified by the signature of the mechanic or a person replacing him.
Since filling out waybills at an enterprise is done manually, this leads to the following errors. For example, waybills do not always indicate the exact route of the car. According to the instructions for filling out and processing a waybill for a truck, it is prohibited to indicate undefined routes. Since it is impossible to accurately determine the route using such a waybill, you cannot be sure that the mileage indicated in the waybill corresponds to reality. Also, unspecified erasures and corrections are often allowed in waybills, which is unacceptable, since a waybill is a document of strict accountability. Drivers are in a hurry when filling out the waybill, and the handwriting can be illegible.
After the dispatcher accepts the completed waybill, it is sent to the department of the automated enterprise management system, where all information is manually transferred to the database for its accumulation and further systematization. This increases the possibility of errors. Information obtained in this way cannot provide a clear picture of the operation of rolling stock. At the same time, a number of software products are presented on the market that solve accounting problems and the specifics of automating the activities of motor transport enterprises. We offer ready-made industry solutions aimed at various categories of users. These programs allow you to organize the recording of applications and create orders for the operation of vehicles.
The use of programs helps to minimize production failures caused by inconsistencies in information relating to different areas of transport operation. However, the use of such programs is associated with significant modifications, since enterprises strive for a high degree of integration of transport accounting with accounting, and this requires additional time and qualified specialists.
The work of dispatchers, responsible for the technological process of order fulfillment, is considered as one of the private elements in the logistics system, which is a complex object. The problem in the work of dispatchers at a large enterprise is the organization of information flows related to the planning and coordination of transport activities. Processing information flows is a very important task, since the slightest failure in the organization of the transport process can lead to non-fulfillment of the order. To solve this problem, the dispatcher needs to optimally regulate the operation of transport. He is obliged to timely collect and monitor operational information about the constantly changing situation at the transport enterprise, in other words, the dispatch service constantly keeps its finger on the pulse of the enterprise. The rhythmic operation of the enterprise, the execution of work in accordance with production programs, calendar schedules and daily shift assignments depend on the activities of the dispatcher. It carries out regular operational monitoring of traffic, takes measures to prevent and eliminate violations in the fulfillment of requests, and involves auxiliary and other services of the enterprise in eliminating these violations. Its functions include summing up the performance of the rolling stock, which is subsequently used in assessing economic efficiency, level of service and quality of transport services provided.
One of the parameters of the quality of transport services for consumers is the time from receiving a transportation order to delivery, reliability and the possibility of delivery on demand. To achieve these tasks, dispatch services must coordinate transportation operations and monitor the technical condition of transport for a specific period of time.
Information support in transport logistics plays a key role, and planning and coordination of transport activities is impossible without the interaction of transport and information flows. During transportation, taking into account the tightening of competition, carriers are concerned not only with reducing prices on tariffs, but also with providing important information to the customer. Thus, information can be divided into three main types: advanced, accompanying, and explaining the transport and material flow. Advance information flow is one of the important elements in the work of dispatchers, since it contains a preliminary message about the upcoming movement of cargo. Information is maintained simultaneously with the traffic flow. In this case, the information allows you to quickly and correctly identify cargo and direct it to its destination. The lag of the information flow from the transport flow is usually allowed only for the explanation and assessment of the latter. Only if all of the information flows listed above are available, it is possible to effectively manage and control the movement of transport and material flow.
At the enterprise under consideration, which has about 500 units of rolling stock, clear dispatch control of the operation of vehicles is still impossible, since there are no leading and accompanying information flows. The reason for this problem is the lack of communication between the dispatcher and the driver, which is unacceptable, since information is one of the key factors in the competitiveness of an enterprise. So the dispatcher, having accurate information about the location of the car and its condition, has the opportunity to load the car along the way. The problem under consideration does not allow the logistics system to satisfy consumer demand for the delivery of the desired products on time and in the required place, which makes it impossible to control a certain duration of the logistics service cycle.
The work of the logistics service can be automated, but in most large enterprises this problem remains unresolved. The dispatcher is required to fill out dispatch logs manually, and this complicates and slows down the management and control of the operation of rolling stock. For example, a dispatcher at the large transport enterprise in question coordinates the movement of rolling stock based on incoming orders from management. To ensure control of the transport operation, it fills in the following logs:
Logs of movement of waybills;
Logbook for vehicles being put into operation;
Vehicle fleet report card;
Work time sheet;
Journal of hours worked for the month;
Logbook for vehicles undergoing repairs
It must be taken into account that the dispatcher in this case can only control the delivery of the cargo, and also reflect in the logs the technical condition of the vehicle before and after the order is completed. He notes in the logs the date and time of departure and arrival of the car, the remaining fuel when the car is returned to the garage, the speedometer reading, and the amount of cargo transported. However, today such work does not meet the requirements of transport services. Thus, the operator-dispatcher of an enterprise can develop several options for a delivery plan and determine transport companies that can be involved in delivery according to the developed schemes. The customer is informed of the delivery conditions, how and in what time the order will be completed. Only after these issues are resolved, a Delivery Agreement is concluded between the customer and the company. Carrying out the above work will help improve the efficiency of cargo delivery.
Fulfilling the plan for the volume of transportation is one of the main tasks of the economic activity of a motor transport enterprise. The degree of fulfillment of the transportation plan is a complex function of numerous and varied factors, both dependent on the ATP (organization of routes, rational use of rolling stock, organization of high-quality maintenance and repair, organization of material and technical supplies, etc.) and independent of the ATP ( nomenclature and structure of cargo turnover, transportation distance, lack of arrangement of access roads to loading and unloading points, etc.).
Let us summarize the calculation data in tables 2.1 and 2.2.
The Business Lines business project, founded by Alexander Bogatikov back in 2001, is today the most famous and largest Russian carrier among road freight transport in our country (according to Infranews).Biography of Alexander Bogatikov
The future entrepreneur was born in 1978. After graduating from school, he entered and received higher education at BSTU "VOENMEKH" named after. D.F. Ustinova. Already as a student, Alexander stood out from his peers in his business acumen, sharp mind and ingenuity in building a business.During his student years, he intensively studied the best practices of successful foreign businessmen and the modern European approach to entrepreneurship. He was especially interested in logistics, and before graduating from university, he clearly outlined his goal: to found his own logistics company, which would be based on advanced European experience in the field of transportation.
Business Line
Using trial and error methods, creating various projects, in 2010 Alexander Bogatikov brought to life his most successful and progressive project called “Business Lines”. The transport empire immediately confidently took a leading position in the cargo transportation segment in our country and became a leading domestic logistics company.“Business lines” by Alexander Bogatikov have become the embodiment of innovative advanced technologies and techniques in tandem with high European standards of service.
Business Lines Company: history of creation
The main slogan of the company – “Make complex transportation simple” – fully corresponds to the work of the enterprise. With the advent of Business Lines on the cargo transportation market, the impossible became real. This was achieved thanks to the professionalism and talent of the company’s founder and his partners. A team of professionals has automated many processes; its fleet uses exclusively modern and powerful vehicles that quickly and efficiently perform any assigned tasks.
The company's central office is located in St. Petersburg, and its branches are located in all corners of our vast country.
Today, Alexander Bogatikov and his “Business Lines” have become a real breakthrough in the logistics business segment. Thanks to the determination, keen intelligence, enormous fortitude and hard work of the founder of the enterprise, the company occupies a leading position and a significant share in the entire segment of cargo transportation in Russia.
The success of the enterprise allowed it to go beyond the Russian business, and at the current stage, “Business Lines” carries out transportation not only in our country, but also in all countries of the Customs Union.
Hobby
Alexander Bogatikov, with his personal example, confirms the popular truth - a talented person is talented in everything. As a comprehensively developed personality, Alexander Alexandrovich is interested in professional photography, and in the rare moments of rest that fall to his lot, he loves to read. 
The biography of Alexander Bogatikov is not replete with information about his family life. Alexander’s personal life, like many other famous and successful entrepreneurs, remains behind the scenes. As a man of his word and the head of the family, he carefully guards his family from unnecessary attention from the public. But a successful entrepreneur willingly shares his experience. He always helps and advises his colleagues and new companies that are just starting the difficult path that Alexander has already passed with dignity.
The businessman is confident that only on the principles of mutual assistance and mutual support can a successful country be built, the basis of which will be high moral principles of relations between people and the economic stability of its citizens.
Year of company foundation: 2001 Region: Northwestern Federal District Contact Information: 196210, St. Petersburg, st. Vnukovskaya, 2, lit. A8 (812) 44-88888 or 8-800-100-8000 (24-hour contact center)
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www.dellin.ru Director of company:
Farid Madani
CEO.
“I never complain and always achieve everything myself”
In 2000 he graduated from the Baltic State Technical University “VOENMECH” named after. D.F. Ustinov" (Department of Information Processing and Control Systems).
Already while studying at the university, Farid Madani began to work, wanting to find an activity in which he could fully realize himself. He was interested in programming, information systems, and strived to create his own traffic management system. Combining work and study was a good experience for starting my own business.
Almost immediately after graduating from university in 2001, having united a group of like-minded people, he created the “Business Lines” company. From the day of its founding, Farid Madani defined the main goal - to increase the availability of transport and logistics services for Russian enterprises and entrepreneurs.
Over 12 years, the company's vehicle fleet has grown from one car to 2,500 units, and the number of employees has increased from 5 to 12,000 people.
A professional approach to management, knowledge of the market, the ability to anticipate client needs and concern for the development of the team allowed Business Lines to become the largest transport and forwarding company in the country.
Farid's interests and hobbies include photography of architectural monuments around the world, guitar classics, and technological innovations. According to Farid Madani himself, history, observation and study of its artifacts gives a vision of the new, which is one of the foundations for the introduction of new technologies in the company.
About company: The company "Business Lines" carries out transportation of consolidated cargo by road, container and air transportation, as well as transportation of goods by Euro trucks.Delivery geography: 1800 cities in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. “Business Lines” offers both inter-terminal transportation and door-to-door delivery, develops individual solutions for the transportation of large-sized cargo, provides delivery of documents and small-sized cargo, provides custody services, express transportation between Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Thanks to a well-functioning communications system and the use of modern logistics technologies, the transport and forwarding company “Business Lines” occupies a leading position in the Russian cargo transportation market, serving more than a million clients.
Company in numbers:
- 12 years of work
- 12,000 employees
- 97 units
- 3 delivery countries: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan
- Million of regular customers
- Interterminal delivery
- Transportation of goods by trucks
- Forwarding
- “Direct car” - delivery of cargo by separate transport
- Multimodal transportation
- Delivery/return of documents
- Responsible storage
- Cargo handling
- Package
- Cargo insurance
- Cargo tracking
- "Personal Area"
- Information support 24 hours
- SMS, e-mail notifications about cargo delivery