Digital solutions in the activities of small logistics enterprises (on the example of the Sverdlovsk region)
Maxim V. Vlasov - Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Head at the Center of the Economic Theory (Institute of Economics, the Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences); Associate Professor at the Department of Regional Economics, Innovation Enterprise and Security (Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
Artem A. Sidorov - Master's student. Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
Abstract
Process digitalization is becoming such an important trend in logistics. The introduction of information technologies such as the Internet of Things, blockchain, sustainability technologies, robotization, big data analysis and artificial intelligence significantly allows to increase the efficiency of logistics companies, optimize routes and improve inventory management. However, at the level of small businesses, which play a key role in last-mile delivery, such technologies are practically not used due to their high cost and unclear payback prospects. Analysis has shown that digital solutions such as digital document management, digital signature, electronic reporting systems, monitoring and control systems, cargo search platforms and special applications are popular among microenterprises and individual entrepreneurs.
Keywords: enterprise management; small business; transportation company; digitalization.
For citation: Vlasov M.V., Sidorov A.A. Digital solutions in the activities of small logistics enterprises (on the example of the Sverdlovsk region). Digital models and solutions. 2024. Vol. 3, no. 3. Pp. 60–67. DOI: 10.29141/2949-477X-2024-3-3-4. EDN: METKES.
