Aspects of research and evaluation of information transparency in supply chains

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of the need and multidimensional information transparency in supply chains as an element connecting cargo, means of working with cargo, transport and logistics infrastructure. Cost, logistics, statistical and process approaches to understanding information transparency in supply chains are presented. As part of the cost approach, information transparency is understood as the result of the investment activities of companies, therefore, examples of companies investing in the development of appropriate digital solutions are presented. The logistics approach determines the importance of information transparency, which consists in creating advantages in the supply chain, providing specific (depending on the type of cargo transported) results, as well as receiving answers to questions at each stage in the supply chain. The statistical approach formalizes (using the calculation methodology) the idea of ​ ​ information transparency of processes in the supply chain. The process approach allows you to understand how information transparency is created in the supply chain.