FREIGHT FORWARDING COMPONENT IN INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SERVICES: WORLD AND RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE

Abstract

Introduction. Integrated logistics services are an integral part of the manage-ment of the goods distribution cycle. They include transport, warehousing, information, customs and other logistics activities. The complexity of integrated logistics services is largely due to the development of the concept of global supply chains. And the term «integrated logistics services» itself received an additional semantic meaning in connection with the desire of supply chain par-ticipants to increase their competitive advantages. Materials and methods. Freight forwarding activities allow you to maintain the competitiveness of logistics for a long time. The ideas and increased relevance of the theory of competitiveness of supply chains have given rise to discus-sions among scientists and practitioners about the correctness of the use of a particular term in logistics knowledge. More and more experts are of the opinion that global supply chains com-pete with each other in the modern economy. And the use of digital logistics solutions is becom-ing a prerequisite for the survival of supply chain participants in a competitive market. Research results. Digital innovations, together with the restructuring of global routes for the movement of goods, encourage entities participating in economic relations to modernize transport and for-warding activities. In this regard, there is an objective need to systematize the theoretical and methodological basis of the digital transformation of freight forwarding activities. Discussion and conclusion. The relationship between the concepts of «freight forwarding services» and «in-tegrated logistics services» is shown, the world and Russian experience in the use of digital plat-form solutions in freight forwarding activities is summarized.