Abstract
The article discusses the main types of employment in logistics. The functionality of positions in purchasing, warehousing, transport and information logistics, as well as in external economic activities, is analyzed in sufficient detail. The following positions are considered: purchasing agent, railway transport service agent, car driver, dispatcher, vehicle maintenance engineer, transport organization and management engineer, logist, logistician, foreign economic activity Manager, air transportation Manager, purchasing Manager, logistics Manager, customs Manager, warehouse Manager, operational logistician, vehicle auditor, marine transportation specialist, customs broker, transport planner, freighter, freight forwarder, freight forwarding agent, specialist in the field of digital logistics, specialist of the Contract service. Digitalization is capable of influencing the job responsibilities of logistics personnel in the fact that over time the need for human personnel decreases. In this regard, there is a need to be able to identify such functions that can be replaced by information or automated systems. The main aspects of the impact of digitalization on logistics are indicated: transport logistics, purchasing logistics, information logistics, customs logistics.
Highlights
In this paper, the authors propose to pay attention to the impact of digitalization in logistics on the job responsibilities of personnel
The work of logistics systems specialists is related to the digital transformation of business processes, the formation of digital business models of logistics activities and supply chain management
Organizations are interested in logisticians who are able to optimize material and related flows in the context of the use of digital technologies in logistics systems
Summary
The authors propose to pay attention to the impact of digitalization in logistics on the job responsibilities of personnel. In many sources you can find information about the strong impact of digitalization on logistics. You can often come across a statement about reducing the need for human personnel. It is indicated that thanks to digitalization, the introduction of information systems, and automation, a wide range of human operations will become unclaimed. The authors propose to consider in detail the job responsibilities of people working in logistics, and the possibility of replacing some functions with information or automated systems
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