The impact of information technology on logistics and supply chain management in Ukraine

Abstract

The article defines modern technologies, concepts, innovations that directly or indirectly influence the development of logistics. The nature of the impact of these technologies on the supply chain is shown, the stages of implementation of each of the logistics innovations are determined. The place of modern technologies in the structure of logistics process is shown. It is revealed that one of the important management problems is the lack of competences and knowledge, the misunderstanding of additional benefits by the staff from the introduction of logistics innovations in the activities of companies. It has been proven that the vast majority of digital technologies are technologies that can, in conjunction with other technologies, achieve some common result that is greater than the total result in the ordinary sum of the results from the separate action of each of the interacting digital technologies. Possible impacts on each other relevant to digital logistics systems (Big Data, the Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, battery life, Artificial Intelligence, self-propelled vehicles and drones, 3D printing, sensor technologies, virtual and augmented reality, Blockchain, next generation wireless communication, bionic technologies) on the emergence of synergy effect; a schematic representation of such connections between digital technologies in the context of their synergy.