Сутність та роль логістичного менеджменту в діяльності аграрних підприємств України

Abstract

Introduction. Globalization processes have a significant impact on the global market environment, encouraging enterprises to find ways of improving their performance for the long period of time. Logistics management is one of the prerequisites for this. Using of logistics management elements at agricultural enterprises activities, which operate due to specific objective constraints (cash gaps associated with the duration of agricultural production; high material consumption; low profitability of many areas of crop and livestock) becomes important. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to investigate the essence of logistics management and its role and significance for agricultural enterprises activities in Ukraine. Results. The article substantiates the need to use logistics management in the activities of agricultural enterprises in Ukraine. The approaches of domestic and foreign scientists to the definition of «logistics management» term are studied. The main aspects of the category are singled out. The definitions are systematized according to three approaches (adaptive, optimization, systematic). The role of logistics management in domestic agricultural enterprises activities in accordance with the selected approaches is investigated. In the context of adaptive capacity of logistics management, there was considered the level of transport support of agricultural enterprises in Ukraine, which indicates the unsatisfactory state of logistics. The ability to regulate the level of material support of economic activity in accordance with the needs of the production process is presented as an optimizing function of logistics management. According to the system approach, the maximum interconnection of all components of the logistics system can be achieved through the use of modern technologies in the activities of farmers. According to the system approach, the greatest interconnection of all components of logistics system can be achieved by using the modern technologies in agricultural enterprises activities. Conclusions. Logistics management is able to significantly increase the economic efficiency of enterprise compared to classical management methods due to high adaptability, optimality and consistency. The efficiency of logistics activities at enterprise can be manifested: in optimal organization of supply; in production and sales activities of the enterprise; in reducing logistics costs; in optimization of material, financial and information flows; in production of competitive products; in entering new markets; in scientific and technical achievements.