YARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS A DIGITAL TOOL IN LOGISTICS

At the beginning of the article, the features of the freight yard as an element of the logistics infrastructure, the relevance and problems of yard management are considered. At the same time, a comparison of two types of tools for digitalization of freight yard logistics is presented, taking into account the level of importance of logistics digitalization, the financial resources needed to obtain and implement a digital tool of the appropriate type and level of information integration. In addition, examples of Russian yard management systems are considered: Exceed YMS, YARD 2.0, AXELOT YMS, Solvo.Yard. Special attention is paid to the emergence of inefficient queues and a possible solution to this logistical problem, and recommendations are listed for making an electronic queue effective (conditions for the effectiveness of an electronic queue). The article also provides basic recommendations when choosing a yard management system: at the very beginning, conducting an internal audit of your own needs; considering a wide range of proposed digital solutions; obtaining specific information from suppliers of yard management systems and demonstrating their protocol for configuring business processes in accordance with the unique needs of the client's business; evaluating the possibility of quickly configuring the yard management system on their own; choosing a supplier offering a flexible yard management system that does not require code-based configuration. Summing up, it was noted that digitalization using yard management systems is gaining popularity among organizations for which the speed and budget of the logistics process are important. Common (typical) results from the use of yard management systems are: optimization of yard logistics costs; increase in yard capacity; simplification of logistics work in the yard; optimized yard use.