The evolution of the logistics ecosystem in the context of COVID-19

The study is devoted to the evolution of logistics ecosystems, the study of trends and drivers of their development, the systematization of the logistics ecosystems’ functional types and typical stages of their evolution. A review of scientific literature showed that the theoretical foundations of the logistics ecosystems development had not been sufficiently developed. Perhaps this is due to the relative youth of the "ecosystem" term, which has not been widely used until recently. The purpose of the study is to develop a holistic integrated approach to the study of the logistics ecosystems development stages. Methods of synergetics, logistics, terminalistics, regional economics, systems approach, transport geography were used. The development of terminal and warehouse infrastructure as the basic link of any logistics ecosystem should not only be linked to the strategic development of the national transport system, but also be maximally balanced with the trends prevailing in the world market and changing the consumer demands. The transformation of a business model into a business ecosystem allows ensuring the necessary and sufficient level of responsiveness to changes. A new approach to study the evolution of logistics ecosystems is needed, which is accelerating and often passes several development levels at once. A functional-logistic approach to the logistic ecosystems’ evolution is proposed, which makes it possible to comprehensively assess the completeness of the functionality and the logistic ecosystems’ development degree. The results obtained can be useful in substantiating the staged logistics ecosystems’ development of any level and their strategic management.