Algorithms of digital transport corridors of 3PL logistics

Abstract

Cooperating between countries in the field of digital economy on labeling and traceability of goods, and creating digital transport corridors were the issues addressed at the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Council held in 2019. This requires conducting research in the cyberspace development on machine-to-machine information exchange in real time. Organizing cost-effective work of all parties in such business calls for developing automated intelligent systems for making the best management decisions. They should be based on expert algorithms that process information in real time and produce results by the criterion of maximum economic effectiveness. The difficulty consists in the fact that the work of a third party logistics operator usually requires a multimodal regime involving a distribution center technology in a pick-byline or cross-docking mode, and total costs have to be optimized, since the owners of the transport infrastructure are also interested in maximizing profits. To build the algorithm, we used the connection of these tasks through capacity and tariff regulation data. As a result, a mathematical model of multimodal transportation has been developed and a method has been proposed for optimizing the 3PL operator's strategy by the criterion of the balance of economic effectiveness of a participant in logistics activities. This objective is important because advancement of digital technologies plays a decisive role both in the competitiveness of the EAEU, countries and economic unions in the whole world.