Strategic Purchasing Control of the Industrial Enterprise: Digitalization and Logistics Approach

Economic instability of our time especially touches industrial enterprises, which results in decreasing of product competition and flexibility of the logistics system response of industrial enterprises for environmental changes. That is why business managers are increasingly paying attention to modern methods and ways of doing business, based on the principles of logistics and digitalization. Within the existing enterprise management system, it is impossible to study the running business processes. In addition, there is no integrated information system that can take into account the changing needs of end customers. There is still a breach of delivery terms and a high percentage of spoilage in enterprises, which lead to the enterprise efficiency decrease. To solve these problems, we need a clearly formulated strategy that will allow us to make right management decisions and develop logistics measures. Digital transformation is a way to improve the product competitiveness. Russian heavy engineering industry needs to use digital tools both in production and business models, which will allow to maintain its presence in the world market and not lose share in the national market.