PRECONDITIONS AND TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the international logistics development and the definition of its current trends. Based on the study, conclusions on the evolution of international logistics were drawn, how these stages have affected the current state of the field, and trends in its development.

The purpose of the study is to investigate the historical base of international logistics, its impact on the present and current trends in this logistics industry.

Relevance of research. Since the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans, even Egypt, international trade has occupied a special place in the economy of those peoples. In exchange for goods or money, an individual could obtain certain necessary goods that he was unable to obtain within his own country. The same applied to the states: not everyone had the opportunity to grow grapes, get oil, and therefore had to trade with other states.

These trade operations were carried out in different ways: there were caravans with merchants, boats, individuals, and all this was an early manifestation of international logistics. At that time, the variability, speed and systemic nature of the industry were still at their initial level. Even then, it was clear that this area will be one of the most important in the development of international relations.

With the advent of tankers, trains, helicopters, and even airplanes, international logistics began to evolve exponentially, with most of the problems associated with speed and ease of transportation between countries and even continents simply disappearing. In addition to the development of the transport industry, the development of international logistics was influenced by such things as industrialization and its further development in the post-industrial period: there were many factories, plants, enterprises, including state, which needed resources, and not always these resources could be found in one's own country, or it was simply less cost-effective than taking the same resources from abroad. In the future, this strengthening of international relations and international specialization contributed to the emergence of such a phenomenon as globalization, which is the locomotive of today's international logistics.

The importance of knowing the history of this industry is not only its importance in this period of time, but also that the study of the past allows us to avoid mistakes that have been made so far, and choose the optimal logistics strategy.