Digital supply chain inventory management: international experience and Russian perspective

Abstract

In today's reality of the transformation of the market and business, stocks of goods become one of the most important and competitive assets since their turnover is the main source of profit for companies. The active adoption of digital technologies makes it difficult to perform tasks such as inventory management, the development of effective strategies and policies for warehouse stocks with unsupported approaches. In the current circumstances of the rapid development of the market, many companies must face many difficult situations: the development of new markets, an increase in the number of suppliers, the expansion of the product range. As a result of the digital transformation of the logistics infrastructure, the process of inventory management in supply chains is changing, which creates the prerequisites for the creation and application of completely new digital concepts oriented to the optimization of logistics processes. The present study describes the modern stage of logistic infrastructure digitalization. The impact of digital technologies on inventory management in company supply chains has been identified. The concept of a digital double is discussed, which is used to optimize the processes of inventory management in supply chains and its specifics. An analysis of the implemented projects of international and domestic companies on the introduction of a digital model of supply chain optimization was carried out.