Logistics and Supply Chain: Challenges of the Pandemic Covid-19

Abstract

Гірна О.Б. к.е.н., доцент, доцент кафедри маркетингу і логістики Національний університет «Львівська політехніка» Hirna Olha Lviv Polytechnic National University level of competence in the supply chain, risks, social sustainability, and partnerships. The world leader among these four segments is the world of digital networks (53%). At the same time, taking into account the negative consequences of the pandemic, the following main links of supply chain development are presented: transparency in the supply chain, stocks availability, realistic end-user demand, and optimization of production and distribution capacities, identification and maintenance of logistics capacities, cash flow management and working capital management.

The Impact of Digitization of the Economy on Changes in Supply Chains in Modern Conditions

“…These questions are key in the scientific research of a number of scientists of Ukraine and the world, in particular, they pay significant attention to them in their research Girna O.B. [3], Medzhibovska N.A. [7], Pokhilchenko O.A.…”

“…-exit from the market of weak players; -growing demand for the «groupage» service; -implementation of outsourcing; -contactless courier delivery; -development of «autopilot» deliveries; -implementation of «digital doubles»; -personnel policy regarding remote working conditions; -compliance with sanitary standards by logistics companies; -transfer of logistics measures to the online format [3]; -establishment of a sharp increase in road and bus transportation due to a reduction in air, rail, river, and sea transportation;…”

“…[30], Norets N.K. [3], Skorobohata L.V. [27], Stankevych A.A. [31], as well as scientists-economists of various countries of the world, in particular D. Tapskott [32], T. Levit [33], Dzh.…”

Theory of Corporate Integration and Effective Partnership of Logistics Chain Entities Joint-Stock Companies

“…an economic-mathematical model of supply management of commodity resources was developed, which takes into account the level of integration of participants within the supply chain [24]; identified risks in the system of customs regulation of international supply chains [25]; the main steps of risk management of supply chains of physical, physical-digital and digital products in the conditions of the digital economy are described; the author's formulation of the concept category that reflects the peculiarities of the perception by the management of enterprises participants in the supply chain of objectively existing dangers and threats, the unreliability of various means and technologies, the level of knowledge, uncertainty and conflict, is provided, the lack of comprehensive information at the time of decision-making in the processes of the flow of material and its accompanying information flows in the entire supply chain [26]; the author's approach to defining the supply chain as a loop of a spiral nature of the main stages of transformation of primary resources into a final product satisfying consumer needs is substantiated [27]; scenarios of supply chain development (the world of digital networks, the world of regional networks, the world of local individualization, the world of special innovations) were considered based on the degree of integration and regional coverage according to forecast indicators without taking into account the impact of the pandemic; the main aspects of the recovery of supply chains, taking into account the pandemic, are highlighted in such areas as transparency in the supply chain, availability of stocks, realistic demand of the end consumer, optimization of production and distribution capacities, identification and preservation of logistics capacities, management of cash and net working capital [28];…”