Logistics concept: content, trends, efficiency

The evolutionary process of the development of logistics theory and methodology is formed under the influence of socio-economic and technological factors. The general logic of the development of the world economy internationalization processes determines the search of innovative ways to integrate participants of the world economic relations. The intensification of competition in the transport services market in the context of the scientific and technological progress in the middle of the XX century contributed to the growing attention of the manufacturing sector to the problems of cargo transportation. Coordination of the activities of the production, distribution and transport systems made it possible to formulate general principles for optimizing the integrated cargo transportation process. The introduction of logistics principles into the practice of transport activities has become a priority. It seems expedient to consider the transformation of approaches to the definition of conceptual provisions of logistics, which will contribute to creating an algorithm for the implementation of the entire complex of logistics operations. The formalization of rules and procedures conditioned by logistics concepts is the basis for the formation of special control actions on the flow processes of cargo movement, finance and information. Four main logistics concepts have been analyzed: the concept of logistics costs, the concept of business process reengineering in logistics, the concept of integrated logistics of the company, and the concept of supply chain management. It has been inferred that the material flow in integrated logistics systems unites the life cycle of the product as a whole, the development of various forms of integration helps to reduce costs by promoting centralized management services, making purchases in large quantities on favorable terms.