CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS SYSTEMS

Abstract

In modern conditions, transport and logistics systems perform an integrating function, allow countries to realize their transit potential, and provide innovative development of regional and national economies. World practice shows that the leadership in competition in the international economy is given to countries whose complex sources of development are the effective use of logistics methods. Transport and logistics systems allow you to reduce all types of costs related to the management of material and related flows, costs of transportation, warehousing, order management, procurement, packaging and other logistics costs. The reduction of transport and logistics costs, in turn, frees up financial resources, directing them to investments in innovative developments, the purchase of fixed assets, training and retraining of personnel, marketing activities and other ways of strengthening the competitiveness of enterprises. Today, logistics is a system of organizing the delivery of goods from the producer to the consumer, and its main purpose is the coordination of various stages of transportation. The development of the transport network, which led to the strengthening of trade relations between states, as well as the progressive processes of globalization, brings such a direction as international logistics to the fore. International logistics promotes the development of foreign economic activity of enterprises, optimizes purchasing, transport, warehouse and other processes. Transportation plays a crucial role in handling logistics. A review of the current state indicates that a powerful system requires a clear logistics system and proper tools and methods to communicate production procedures.