MODERN INFORMATION SYSTEMS ON THE UKRAINIAN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION MARKET

Abstract

Purpose. At present, the efficiency of supply chains significantly depends on the quality of information support of the transportation process. Modern information technologies in transport should provide the ability to quickly place and search for transportation orders, select carriers' offers by rolling stock parameters, price, transportation history, allow the interchange of electronic data between transportation process participants, solve the problems of accounting, analysis and optimization of the transport process. In this regard, a study of the functionality and experience of using information technologies in order to increase the efficiency of rail and road freight transportation in Ukraine was carried out. Methodology. Methods of analysis and synthesis were used to study the basic functionality and experience of using information systems in the organization of freight transportation by rail and road transport in Ukraine. Results. The transport system of Ukraine is characterized by significant volumes of cargo transportation by rail and road. At the same time, there are a lot of information systems and software products on the domestic market that have wide functionality and good practice of using them to solve the problems of organizing transportation and optimizing the transport process. Scientific novelty. The results of the analysis of the functionality and practice of using modern information technologies to provide the freight transportation make it possible to carry out a scientific and economic justification for the choice and application of software products and systems for organizing and improving the efficiency of the transport process. Practical significance. The presented research results can be applied in solving the problems of organizing and optimizing the process of freight transportation by rail and road transport in Ukraine.