Abstract:

A variety of economy areas are subject to digitalization, and logistics (digital logistics) is not an exception. The reason of speedy digital logistics progress basing on the functioning machinery, and a great attention to this transformation have merely economic reasons of driving down of logistic element costs which is present in every product or commodity and, along with the logistics, has influence on basically all economy sectors. For example, there is the Permanent Digital Transport and Logistics Forum in the European Union. In our opinion, the existing trans-formation models are extremely useful in connection with Russia’s and EEU member countries’ decision on the digital transformation of economy. Highly-developed and contemporary transport and logistical systems are now the key factors in economic competitiveness of the country. Roads, railroads, inland waterway system, seaports and airports facilitate union of different regions of the country, population and employment centers and international exchange. Maintenance and improvement of effective and striking transport and logistics infrastructures for people and freight traffic keep being the pivotal points of the modern national and global markets. This becomes particularly important in the light of predicted growth of population and inevitable fundamental changes in industry, energetics (especially in oil and gas sectors) and farming industry. Movement of goods and manufacturing component between goods manufacturers, growth of urban logistics, international supply chains and logistics are already an interface between such phenomena as digital economy and new industries. It is necessary to say that logistics amounts to from 10% to 20% in every final product. Logistics costs vary greatly and may amount to a negligible component for merely digital products, transmitted via Internet, or, for example, total up to 60% for oil. The issues of logistics and digital economy are considered in this article.