DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF IT SOLUTIONS IN LOGISTICS

Abstract

Continuous movement to perfection requires constant control and improvement of management decisions in the enterprise. Achieving the outlined goals and objectives is possible on the basis of IT technology for logistics needs. IT companies (360data, Alpega, C3 Solutions, CyberLogitec, Data2Logistics, etc.) focus on solving both individual and complex tasks (Load planning, optimization, purchases, speed and rates, reverse logistics, routing and planning, system transport management, etc.) logistics companies. This allows us to implement and operate IT solutions in the areas of supply chain, logistics, vertical specialization, base cost, third-party logistics and additional solutions. Today, the issues of improving the efficiency of logistics processes require active action on the part of company management, so their competitiveness primarily depends on the timeliness of responding to global trends and challenges in the field of IT technologies. According to research, IT developers focus most on solving the problems of transport service providers - they account for more than 90% of all surveyed. It should also be noted that more than 80% of IT solutions in vertical specialization are concentrated in the field of agriculture in production, transportation and wholesale trade. Despite these achievements, less than 40% of companies use technology to control theproductive efficiency of supply chains. Due to the increasing difficulty of shippers sending goods to customers, many companies turn to the so-called 3PLs (third-party logistics). Studies have shown that more than 80% of all shippers use 3PLs, which helps them improve the quality of customer service. Among the companies that implement and use the achievements of IT technologies in their logistics activities, we can highlight Maersk, Schneider, Lufthansa Cargo, SAS Cargo Group A / S, AsstrA and others. These IT solutions have enabled such companies to more effectively control and coordinate the delivery of goods, integrate the interfaces of the shipper and the customer into a single network, optimize the work of their own departments, reduce logistics costs and so on. This is also confirmed by the fact that more than 60% of all senior executives involved in the operation of transport in enterprises have experienced significant positive changes in the global transformations.

Keywords

• innovations
• IT technologies for logistics needs
• IT solutions
• logistics companies
• logistics services