International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

Industrial development has brought about qualitative changes in the very foundation of innovation and automation. The distinctive features of enterprises with such a type of production are becoming increasingly blurred by the growing tendency for global industrial development. They become heavily dependent on the pace of development of automation, industrial technologies, communications and ever more determined by the factors that most affect and shape the trends of that development. It is therefore of utmost importance to carefully define the distinctive features of modern logistics processes that form the foundation of the respective digital development policies, which is also the primary objective of the proposed paper. These policies are undoubtedly enforced by the very evolution of technology and are likely to define the new directions of cyber development.

The article analyzes the essence, condition and functioning of the existing logistics system. The aim of the publication is to examine approaches to structural changes that must be made in the logistics system to bring it to the requirements of Industry 4.0. These are segmented and holistic approach and choice for their application, and also the coming change in the pyramid of organization and automation of these processes. Discussed are other approaches to the reorganization of these processes.