Davyskub M. D.

Dnipropetrovsk State University of Agriculture and Economics

INFORMATION SUPPORT OF LOGISTICS ACTIVITIES OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES

Generalization of the concept of information logistics and determining the structure of information logistics system in relation to agricultural enterprises and the requirements to it represents the theoretical and practical interest in the conditions of uncertainty and lack of information. Until recently, the role of information in logistics has not been deeply studied. First of all, it is because the main drawback was the convenience of technologies for collecting and storing information for users.

The enterprise is an open system, which associated with suppliers, customers, freight forwarders and transport organisations by material and information flows. For adequate formation of logistics information it is important that the data were collected as close as possible to the place of the supply activity, where events occur that are their source.

Today, the adoption of managerial decisions and the opportunity to link mutual interests in real-time are possible only with a high degree of awareness of leaders and managers. At the same time it became possible to improve significantly the speed and quality of data processing thanks to development of computer technologies. They allow creating effective system of regulation and control of resource flows, to provide production flexibility. Consequently, these technologies led to the emergence of the concept of “logistics management information system” (LIS) [2, p. 342].

It should be noted that the structure of the LIS (Logistics management information system) is built such well known systems as: electronic data interchange - Electronic data interchange (EDI), e-mail, value-added networks (VANs), system of Quick response (QR), the system effective response to consumer demands - Efficient consumer response (ECR), Decision support system (DSS), Statistical process control (SPC), bar coding, collecting information at the points of sales - Point-of - sales (POS). These systems should be the basis for building the general concept of enterprise management in agriculture, which uses ERP-system.

ERP-system (Enterprise Resource Planning System) is a system of enterprise resource planning, tools of transactional nature, which is used across the enterprise and provides data and reduce the manual activities and tasks associated with the processing of financial, production and inventory information. The purpose of this system is to facilitate the flow of information between all business units (business functions) within the enterprise and information support relationships with other companies. ERP-system, built on the basis of a centralized database, generates a standardized common information space of the enterprise and fully meets the needs of each unit separately [1, p. 21].

For the development of logistics information systems in agricultural production it is necessary to take into account:

1) the need for the development of agricultural marketing systems, financial and operational management;

2) the possibility of increased access to the LIS for external users with compliance of information security and access rights;

3) the use of algorithmic, hardware and software processes for information modules compatibility;

4) creation of unitary database of customers, suppliers and partners;

5) creation of appropriate functional components (systems of collection and analysis of information, document flow and project management, document storage, etc.) to ensure the system integrity.

Logistics information system of agricultural production needs to be seen not only as a set of information technologies and software, but also as the relationship of these elements with the information flow coming from all participants in the system. The information system will only be effective if given the control, regulation and quick response to process changes, both inside and outside. Logistics information should occupy a paramount place in the system of activities regulation of agricultural enterprises. The advantage of the logistics information system is that enterprises depending on their size and needs can choose a set of components that better ensure the ratio of “cost – benefit”.

The list of references:

1. Larson P. D. (2004). Logistics Versus Supply Chain Management: An International Survey [Електронний ресурс] / P. D. Larson, A. Halldorsson // International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications. Vol.7, No.1, pp. 17–31. – Режим доступу : http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13675560310001619240

2. Sergeev V. (2008). Logistika: informacionnye sistemy i tehnologii [Logistics: information systems and technologies] / V. Sergeev, M. Grigor’ev, S. Uvarov. – Moskow, Russia: Al’fa-Press, 2008. – 608 p.