Formation a Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy

The functioning of existing logistics supply chains was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences of which have not been overcome yet. The crisis was caused by the termination of logistics operations as a result of lack of resources, as well as long delays in the supply of products from suppliers and logistics partners. The cardinal transformations which are taking place in the supply chains are also associated with the transition of all logistics operations to the digital environment. The purpose of the study is to develop a strategy for the formation of a sustainable supply chain that more comprehensive responds and effectively overcomes external influences. Redesigning of the global network, setting of the new parameters for supply chain buffers, and proactive supplier's management are aimed to overcome external influences. Rapid response to emerging logistics chain failures is achieved through end-to-end supply management, the use of an artificial intelligence-based risk management system, and planning based on forecasting, modeling and scenario development. The application of the proposed strategy for the creating of a sustainable supply chain will improve the level and quality of customer service, increase the revenue and reduce risks through the cost savings. The developed strategy for the formation of a sustainable supply chain will allow not only to monitor ongoing processes at any time, but also to correct possible changes in order to maintain the sustainability of the supply chain. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Formation a Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy

The functioning of existing logistics supply chains was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences of which have not been overcome yet. The crisis was caused by the termination of logistics operations as a result of lack of resources, as well as long delays in the supply of products from suppliers and logistics partners. The cardinal transformations which are taking place in the supply chains are also associated with the transition of all logistics operations to the digital environment. The purpose of the study is to develop a strategy for the formation of a sustainable supply chain that more comprehensive responds and effectively overcomes external influences. Redesigning of the global network, setting of the new parameters for supply chain buffers, and proactive supplier’s management are aimed to overcome external influences. Rapid response to emerging logistics chain failures is achieved through end-to-end supply management, the use of an artificial intelligence-based risk management system, and planning based on forecasting, modeling and scenario development. The application of the proposed strategy for the creating of a sustainable supply chain will improve the level and quality of customer service, increase the revenue and reduce risks through the cost savings. The developed strategy for the formation of a sustainable supply chain will allow not only to monitor ongoing processes at any time, but also to correct possible changes in order to maintain the sustainability of the supply chain. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Cyber Security in the Era of COVID-19: Threats to Digital Platforms Stability and Cyber Hygiene Rules

Purpose/objectives: the article is devoted to a study of the public life reshaped in the era of COVID-2019 that has become a developmental milestone for the modern world. The COVID-19 is called a Black Swan event that is hard predicted and rare, but has significant consequences for the world economy and other spheres of human life. The authors investigated situations of social distance, self-isolation, quarantine, as well as digital interaction platforms being developed, and their cyber resistance. Methodology: the work applied methods of regulatory analysis and assessment of the current situation of broken virus infection chain to avoid a peak in COVID-19 cases and prevent overloading the public health system affected by the pandemic;comparative and trend analysis of statistical data;content analysis methods;formalization and analogue methods;and datasets of the Institute of Scientific Communications. Results: the analysis of the implemented information interaction requires a search for a balance between the need to ensure compliance with the restriction regime introduced, human rights and freedoms, and cybersecurity in the broad sense in order to prevent unauthorized access to privacy information. Conclusions/relevance: it is necessary to disseminate the practice of cyber hygiene in Russia that should be monitored by a separate agency in the structure of the Government of the Russian Federation, similar to the Cybersecurity Agency of the European Union or the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency of the United States. Its competence would include issues of cybersecurity and enforcement rights of Internet users in Russia.

Global triggers of reduced resilience of national food security

National food systems are constantly exposed to external triggers that reduce their resilience and integrity. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the vulnerability of many food systems that do not have a sufficient margin of safety and resilience, which requires the introduction of additional government support measures and stimulation of food production and transportation to destinations. The expanded concept of food security allows a more multifaceted look at this concept and reveal its essence. Assessment of existing external triggers and their clear identification will allow in the future to minimize their impact on the state of sustainability of the national food system.

QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE POPULATION OF RUSSIA IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN GLOBAL CHALLENGES

This purpose of the article is to assess the quality of life of the population of Russia in the conditions of the ongoing crisis caused by the current global challenges provoked by the current epidemiological situation. The originality and novelty of this article consists of the following aspects. First, the authors characterize the concept of quality of life from the positions of different authors and consider the main factors influencing on this indicator. In addition, the main approaches to assessing this standard of living of society are considered in the article. Secondly, the authors analyze of the main statistical indicators reflecting the quality of life of the population in the certain country using the example of Russia and for this purpose select digital material on such parameters as economic, social, demographic, ecological living conditions. Special attention is paid to the ongoing processes in the public administration system and the provision of public services to the population. Thirdly, the authors carry out a regression-correlation analysis of statistical data on the main parameters of the socio-economic standard of living was and determine the projected figures of the future development of the main spheres of public life. The main conclusions are made about the relationship between the basic indicators of the quality of life of the population and their influence on the general level of socio-economic development of the country in modern economic conditions. The main scientific contribution of the study is lying in the identification of the degree of the correlation between various indicators of the socio-economic development of the country in the context of the current crisis state of the public sector on the example of Russia. Recommendations for the future development and adjustment of the public administration system under the influence of the current crisis are developed.

New algorithms for providing safe food raw materials: lessons from the pandemic

The food crises of the 21st century are characterized by the presence of multidirectional obstacles of a socio-economic and organizational nature in the structure of international relations that function on the problems of maintaining a wide range of export-import supplies of raw and related resources. This situation is caused by the specifics of the international epidemiological situation with the widespread incidence of COVID-19, which leads to the adoption of extraordinary measures to counteract the further aggravation of this situation. Additional factors in the formation of food crises are the complication of the full functioning of natural-artificial aggregates of elements that make up the system of agro-industrial production, formed within the framework of national socio-economic systems, as well as in the structure of international food production and consumer relations. The main means of overcoming these crises consist in the development and further implementation of rational resource-saving technologies for the functioning of the agro-industrial complex with the extraction of various components from the environment, subject to the minimum possible negative impact on it. Thus, the most important ways to overcome the food crises, which are aggravated by the spread of COVID-19, are the sustainable partnership of state management structures and representatives of the private sector of the economy through modern electronic and digital communications in the development of advanced resource-saving technologies for the production of high-quality food, providing comprehensive public-private financial support for the production of high-quality food, as well as comprehensive compliance with epidemiological safety standards.

COVID-19 as a factor in the global food crisis

The article discusses the dynamics of the main food crises in the history of mankind. The factors that caused food threats are analyzed. The state of the modern world food market and its trends are assessed in the light of ongoing changes in the structure of production in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The main global threats that entail violated world economic relations between countries in the process of a complete ban and quarantine measures have been identified. The main measures to reduce the predicted negative product effects are proposed. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.