The development of logistics in the context of the knowledge economy: the current state and features of management

Abstract

The article explores global trends and external socio-economic factors in the development and management of logistics; the peculiarities of the logistics of business entities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic were studied; generalized technologies for the development of the knowledge economy: artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics, cloud computing, additive manufacturing, cybersecurity, augmented reality; the principles of the knowledge economy are interpreted, adapted to the peculiarities of the logistics activities of enterprises: interaction through the "Internet of things"; accumulation of information and creation of digital copies of objects; technical support and replacement of human resources in the performance of dangerous or routine operations; decentralization of management decisions, delegating them to cyber-physical systems; developed and proposed for use in domestic and international economic science are the directions of development and management of logistics: the approximation of production and economic activities to the consumer and the regression of costs; overcoming the insufficient loading of sea vessels in the container transportation segment and achieving cost savings when using large-sized vessels; greening of logistics processes and achieving their compliance with international standards; formation of electronic commerce; socio-economic growth of the regions, creation of conditions for sustainable development of human resources, acquisition of unique competencies by them that meet the scientific and technical requirements of the knowledge economy.