Classification, Digitalization and Structure of Integrated Llogistics Chains

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Orenburg branch, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

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Objective: Effective management of integrated logistics chains requires structuring them at a lower level, down to indi-vidual performers, and establishing clear relations between them. Addressing this problem will significantly reduce lost profits in these chains and increase their competitiveness. The purpose of this article is to develop a structure for integrated logistics chain that includes value, demand and supply chains, as well as providing recommendations for managing these chains.
Methods: To achieve the purpose of the study, terminological analysis, descriptive and faceted methods were used to identify, structure, formalize, combine, model and digitize objects and components of integrated logistics chain, thereby creating the prerequisites for the creation of artificial intelligence operating with non-physical management objects of this chain.
Results: The article develops a classification of integrated logistics chains according to the attributes of “management objects”, which include enterprises, relationships, processes and flows, as well as “management components, such as values, novelties, demands and a products or services. Based on this classification, typical structures of integrated logistics chain are received. For each typical chain structure of this type, variants of focus enterprises are proposed that make it possible to design logistics channels and further integrated logistics chains adequate to a specific management situation.
Conclusion: The results obtained make it possible to create a methodology for designing integrated logistics chains and a digital twin for managing these chains. This is based on consumer values, chain management systems of various types, environmental factors, and integrated logistics chain management decisions and options for structuring and adjusting them during implementation.

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