Methodological aspects of inventory management in logistics under modern conditions

Introduction. The article considers changes in the logistics flows of enterprises in connection with the transformation of logistics in the world due to the increase in the economic importance of some regions and the decrease in the importance of other regions, focusing on new world markets, such as China and other Asian countries. Goal. The article aims to design optimal inventory management algorithms in logistics in the current environment. To achieve the goal, the following tasks were set: to analyze the concept of stocks and its methodological justification, to study the inventory management procedures, to identify the specifics of inventory management in logistics, to study the experience of foreign organizations in the fieldof inventory management. Materials and methods. The research methods included demand forecasting as an average value, as exponential smoothing, market demand assessment, study of product characteristics and cooperation in supply chains, information technology and modern management methods to improve the efficiency of inventory management and supply chain coordination, natural language processing methods that make the management process simpler and free up personnel, application of artificial intelligence to the tasks of big data analysis and predictive analytics. Results and discussion. Implementation of cases of building inventory management systems in Russian organizations, use of methods to improve the efficiency of inventory management in logistics, development of an inventory management system and criteria for its optimality. The inventory management complex allows one to fix the amount of inventory of the enterprise in accordance with the criterion of effective use. Efficiency means that the amount of inventory at the enterprise should ensure the possibility of performing the production cycle. At the same time, the amount of expenses on maintaining the inventory of the enterprise should not exceed the regulatory threshold value. Conclusion. The studied inventory management technology should ensure an increase in the effectiveness of the inventory management system, achieving the optimality of its indicators. A condition was found for the correspondence of expenses for maintaining a given volume of stocks and their rational use in the production process. Research of methodological principles of stock management allowed us to conclude that the presented process and management system operating at the enterprise level as a whole provide opportunities to reduce costs, increase cash flow and improve the profitability of the enterprise.

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