Search

The article focuses on the problem of designing, constructing, measuring and interpreting indices for assessing the digital transformation of manufacturing companies. We analyse the compositional features, advantages and limitations of the three indices, which are a fairly focused on comparing industrial sectors (or at least extended groups of industries) according to their level of digital transformation or digital maturity: Industrial Digitalisation Index MGI McKinsey, Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI) of the World Economic Forum, Digitalisation Index for Economy and Social Sectors by the Higher School of Economics. The main thesis of the article is the need to develop a unified, continuous and relevant index of digital transformation for manufacturing companies, taking into account all the positive experiences in the conceptual and methodological development of digitalisation assessment indices that research and analysis teams have managed to develop so far. At the same time, the author points out the need to avoid retrospective construction of indices based on lagging statistical data. It seems very important to take into account the need to introduce a strategic vector when measuring the level of digital transformation of manufacturing companies. It is not enough to simply aggregate indicators of digital adoption and identify certain indices or sub-indices as the main markers of digital transformation. From a statistical point of view, such an approach can be perfectly correct, reliable, and verifiable.Questions arise about the productive potential of clustered technologies in the context of evolving business models, particularly in manufacturing. As a part of constructing any indices and methods for assessing the dynamics of digital maturity, digitalisation, digital transformation, it is better to face the inevitable uncertainty about the potential of some frontier technologies in an attempt to foresee the intersections of technological factors and future niches for business models, than to try to generalise the trajectory already traversed with a more retrospective logic based only on the verified and more tested parts and layers of the technologies. With this approach, digital transformation indices for manufacturing companies take on projective and instrumental functions, as they serve, in a sense, as a roadmap. They make it possible to improve the strategic vision of companies in different sectors, as well as their stakeholders, associations and public authorities (especially those in charge of digitalisation and industrial policy), with a view to achieving later stages of digital maturity.

Socio-economic development of regions depends on the level of interaction between them on the basis of their industry specialisation. The purpose of the study is to determine the potential for the industrial production development of the regions for further activation of interregional interaction. Types of industrial production of the Republic of Bashkortostan and its neighbouring regions are the object of the study. The paper assesses its development in dynamics and statics by type of activity. Its specialisation is determined, the leading types of economic activity are identified with the use of localisation coefficients and localisation intensity. The development level of industrial production in the Russian Federation and in the regions near the Republic of Bashkortostan have similar trends, however, sharp fluctuations occur in Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions. In these subjects, the largest share in manufacturing belongs to metallurgical production. Also many activities that are to be in the zone of increased localisation in terms of the turnover of an organisation and the number of employees are actually in the zone of low effective localisation. Industrial production in the Udmurt Republic and the Republic of Tatarstan is less affected by the fluctuations. In Bashkortostan, the largest share is occupied by extraction of coke and petroleum products. To strengthen technological sovereignty, it is necessary to activate the interaction between regions in industrial production.

The article discusses the problems of the current situation and development of the Russian industrial enterprises in the context of sanctions that were imposed against Russia in 2014 and significantly increased in 2022. The subject of study is the peculiarities of state support of the country’s industry: the conducted support policy, funding, sectoral priorities, and determination of the most important directions of this assistance. The article is devoted to issues of improving state policy based on the introduced restrictions. The author also considers the activities of the mainindustrial enterprises of the Russian Federation placed under sanctions and a decrease in their performance indicators. The purpose of the work is to study measures and principles of state support of industrial companies during the period of sanctions pressure. The research methodology includes the analysis of statistical data on the volume of industrial enterprises production over the past three years, comparison of indicators, as well as the study of various sources, articles, monographs on state support during the period of sanctions. The results obtained are generalising conclusions that during this complicated period competent state policy aimed at direct assistance to key enterprises in the country is of great importance.

This article is devoted to checking the possibility of using business survey data surveys to nowcasting of Russian manufacturing output: analysis of business cycles and short-term forecasting (1 month ahead). The study uses data from business surveys of the Federal State Statistics Service, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and S&P Global. The results of these surveys are published promptly (20 days or more ahead of the release of official statistics) and are freely available. The study shows that the indicators of the Federal State Statistics Service (economic situation, number of employees, business confidence index, output, demand, export) allow to increase the accuracy of forecasts by 21–39 % and have a high correlation with business cycles of the manufacturing industry. In general, the use of most business survey indicators improves short-term forecasts of manufacturing output, more than half of the indicators have a correlation coefficient greater than 0,8 with the business cycles of this sector of the economy.

The shift away from an economy focused on transactions and towards one based on relationships has taken place worldwide, and this movement can be observed quite plainly in South Africa's business environment. Individualized customer care is becoming an increasingly important factor for customers who now have higher expectations than before. Therefore, this study analysed the impact of customer relationship management (CRM) on a beer manufacturing company’s sales performance. A quantitative, cross-sectional descriptive research design was adopted to collect data from a stratified random sample of 172 liquor outlet owners within the Durban region. The respondents can be categorised as retailers, distributors, On-Con and Off-Con. The findings show that customers were generally satisfied with the trading environment, order placing, delivery and information sharing. The use of data analytics and technology in general should be put at the forefront of any effective customer relationship management (CRM) solution for the firm. This might be a very helpful tool for organization in its attempts to mould its business environment to better suit the expectations of its customers and clients. This study has contributed to the literature on customer relationship management in the manufacturing sector, with specific reference to South Africa.

The study is devoted to the assessment of the impact that industrial production of Russian regions has on the country’s foreign trade performance. The chosen topic is relevant due to the fact that today’s sanctions policy of various Western countries is restricting exports and imports of many types of products, which can serve as a threat to the economic security of the Russian Federation. The author of the article determines the impact of mining, manufacturing, and the provision of electricity, gas and steam on foreign trade performance by using regression analysis of panel data and the Granger causality test. It is found that an increase in mining production contributes to regional export growth but has a negative effect on imports of goods and services. The Granger causality test has not revealed the impact of manufacturing and the provision of electricity, gas and steam on foreign trade indicators.

Subject. Industry 4.0 is an approach to manufacturing based on modern information and digital technologies which secure a higher level of production, promote efficient use of materials, reduce repetitive and hazardous jobs, and contribute to sustainable development. Despite extensive research related to Industry 4.0, there is still no single opinion regarding the terminology and technologies which characterise Industry 4.0 and their impact on modern manufacturing. These aspects prove the importance of the research. Objectives. The article considers the key Industry 4.0 technologies in terms of their impact on modern manufacturing, in particular in relation to Smart Factories. Understanding of the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on manufacturing will also facilitate their strategic implementation aimed at achieving sustainability. Method. The authors used the method of analysis of works by Russian and international scientists dedicated to the studied issue, in particular comparative analysis of case studies and practical experience. They also used general scientific methods and methods of logical and comparative analysis. Results. The article summarises the results of published studies. The authors emphasise the importance of understanding the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies (as a single set) on modern manufacturing, the transition to Smart Factories, and sustainability in the economic, social, and environmental spheres due to increasingly efficient use of resources. The paper also considers key technologies that characterise Industry 4.0 and all together form the foundation for Smart Factories. It emphasises that when applied to manufacturing processes, a full-scale implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies makes manufacturing smart and adaptive. It also defines the cyber-physical system as an important element of Smart Factories. Results and discussion. The paper emphasises that an integrated implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies is a tool for digital and smart manufacturing that provides the manufacturer with valuable information about the product lifecycle, helps them implement new business models, and connects different manufacturing facilities and events with due account of the time horizon. Conclusions. It is important to study not only the effectiveness of introduced technologies in each individual case, but also to analyse the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on manufacturing as a whole. The authors emphasise that the interaction of Industry 4.0 technologies contributes to the creation and development of a new production ecosystem, Smart Factories. They justify the need to identify potential barriers limiting the integration of Industry 4.0 technologies in the considered processes (in particular, the transition to Smart Factories is impossible if enterprises have not passed the stage of digitalisation. Therefore, it is important to create conditions that allow enterprises to reach the modern level of digital manufacturing).

The fast development of diagnostic and therapeutic radionuclide technologies requires enhanced legislative regulation of radiopharmaceuticals. The article addresses the challenge of classifying radiopharmaceuticals depending on the manufacturing technology, radionuclide properties, and clinical use. The review covers the current legislative and regulatory requirements for radiopharmaceutical medicinal products. It also describes the trends in radiopharmaceutical regulation development in Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union, taking into account the corresponding legislative frameworks.

The article proves that today motor fuels is an important component of both energy and national security of any country in the world, since it provides transport and equipment with the necessary energy resource. After the invasion of the territory of Ukraine by the armed forces of the russian federation and the destruction caused by shelling and hostilities of a number of oil and gas processing plants, it is necessary to restore or create a new production of motor fuels on the country’s own raw material base as soon as possible. The only energy resource that can partially meet Ukraine’s needs for motor fuels through the country’s own production is coal and lignite. The establishment of the production of synthetic liquid fuels (SLF) from coal and lignite in the regions of Ukraine will help strengthen the country’s energy security, and national security in particular. At the same time, the creation and development of SLF production requires proper government support and regulation. The aim of the study is to determine the features and directions of improving government regulation and supporting the production of SLF in Ukraine. Based on the carried out study, it is proved that the lack of both production and market of synthetic analogues and components of liquid motor fuels in Ukraine determines that the regulatory field of enterprises for the production of SLF is represented by the current regulatory framework for economic relations in the sphere of oil and oil products turnover. Therefore, it is highly likely that the development of SLF production in Ukraine will take place in the regulatory field, which does not take into account the specifics of new industries. This inconsistency can create undesirable additional barriers to their entry into the national market of petroleum products. It is recommended to allocate synthetic analogues of motor fuels into a separate commodity group, for which it is advisable to establish a special excise tax rate and other preferences that can provide sufficient investment flow for the creation of SLF production facilities.

The article dissects the relevant trends characterizing the large EU economies participation in global value chains. The response reactions of large European economies’ participation in manufacturing global value chains to the Global Financial crisis are analyzed. This crisis has been chosen for the analysis owing to several reasons related to the economic nature of the crisis and statistics availability. In the paper three parameters of countries’ participation in value chains – sustainability, adaptivity, and self-sufficiency – have been examined. As a result, it has been revealed that the response reaction to the 2008–2009 crisis uncovered an inadequate sustainability of large European economies’ participation in manufacturing value chains. However, all the countries (namely, Germany, Italy, and France) have demonstrated serious adaptability and self-sufficiency during the crisis. At the same time, the latest crisis challenges the positive role of this adaptation in relation to the current conditions. This way, sustainability and self-sufficiency attributes require further verification with an account of the latest crisis specifics.

Purpose: of the study is to reveal the potential of individual manufacturing industries of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia in import substitution.Methods: the study is based on the use of a systematic approach, the use of methods of economic and statistical analysis, scientific abstraction, analogies and scientific generalizations, the macroeconomic and geopolitical context was taken into account, and methods of predictive analytics were used.Results: an analysis of the state of the clothing, footwear, woodworking and processing industries using the methods of predictive analytics shows that the district has the potential and resources for import substitution. To do this, it is necessary to revive these industries on a new technological basis and expand the legal, economic and financial freedom of action for existing actors. To intensify production processes in industries and increase the productivity of production factors, it is advisable to include individual operations in technological value chains carried out in other regions or create clusters or a group of clusters with the participation of enterprises from related industries.Conclusions and Relevance: in the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia, it is possible to implement an import substitution policy in the textile, clothing, footwear, woodworking and processing industries. The implementation of such a policy will reduce the level of import dependence, replace imported products with domestic counterparts. This statement is based on the availability of raw materials, technologies and labor resources in the district. The implementation of import substitution measures will have an important social and economic effect, which consists in the fact that it becomes possible to reduce unemployment in the district and create new jobs, as well as replenish regional budgets.

The attention of this article is focused on the impact that expanding of the usage of information and communication technologies (ICT) has on the economic development of Russian regions. As shown by various authors, the use of ICT ultimately leads to an increase in the factor productivity. Here, we assess to what extent the use of ICT contributes to the growth of economic development efficiency at the regional level, which is interpreted here as labor productivity in certain economic sectors, and measured as output per worker. Panel data analysis for Russian regions covers 2015–2018. The analysis shows that the spread of ICT has a positive effect on labor productivity in both mining and manufacturing, with dividing regions into two groups – ‘resource’ and ‘non-resource’ depending on role of the extractive industry in regional economy – when considering labor productivity in mining. It was found that there is a relationship between ICT development indicators and labor productivity, with significant factors being industry and regionally specific. The widespread adoption of ICT has a positive effect on the economic development effectiveness, with a stronger link in the manufacturing, while for the mining the discovered relation was not so clear. Among the factors affecting labor productivity in the mining in ‘resource’ regions are access to the Internet, the use of ‘cloud’ services, as well as involvement in research and development; for ‘non-resource’ regions significant factors are the use of local computer networks, regional ICT subsidies, and the purchase of computing equipment. For the manufacturing, the key factors are access to the Internet, the share of high-tech businesses in the regional economy, the purchase of computing equipment, and the use of the services of third-party organizations and ICT specialists

The industrialisation of the world economy continues to develop not only at the expense of economically developed, but also at the expense of developing countries. This leads to a spatial regrouping of forces in the architecture of world industry at the regional and global levels. Changes can be traced both in production and in trade in products of hightechnology industries. The purpose of the study is to characterise modern processes in the global manufacturing industry, to show the changing role of regions in the world industry and world trade in products of knowledge- and technologyintensive (KTI) industries with varying degrees of research and development (R&D) intensity, to identify the role of a new leading region, as well as the positions of China and other countries. In the course of the research, Asia’s stable leadership in the production and export of products of high-technology industries with varying degrees of R&D intensity was established. It is shown that at present the Asia region is the leader, first of all, due to the industrial development of China, the share of which is about 30 % in the production of products of the world manufacturing industry. At the same time, the share of China in the manufacturing industry of the Asian region (the modern leader of the world industry) exceeds 50 % (as well as in the trade in industrial products of the countries of this region) already. China came out on top in the export of all groups of high-technology goods with varying degrees of R&D intensity, including in the export of high-technology goods with high R&D intensive (23 and 20 % of world exports, respectively). China is the leader in the production (26 %) and export (12 %) of high-technology goods with medium-high R&D intensity also. The strengthening of the position of the Asian region in the world industry and world trade of knowledge- and technology-intensive goods in the second decade of the 21st century is revealed.

Background. The instrument scale consists of a metal or polymer base, on which paints are applied to indicate graduations, signs and symbols. The application of color images is carried out by silk-screen, photochemical or pad printing methods, which have a number of significant disadvantages. Metal-based scales require special preliminary surface preparation. In the manufacture of film scales, after applying paint, the flat base is cut along the contour with the execution of technological holes. This process was carried out by cutting on a press, and a large range of high-precision tooling is required for the manufacture of each type of scale. The purpose of the work is to develop an automated technology for manufacturing instrument scales, including modern digital technologies for applying layered paint systems, mechanical contour cutting, automated glue application, ensuring high quality products. Materials and methods. The image was applied in one technological operation on an inkjet printer with UV curing. Tests have shown that prototypes of dials made of Makrofol DE 6-2 Natur 0.42 film meet operational requirements and requirements for interoperative storage. The tasks were solved on the basis of the results of experimental work on the study of implemented technological processes; the use of computer modeling methods. Results. A method of manufacturing an instrument scale and an automated line for its implementation has been developed, including a section of modern digital technologies for applying layered systems on an inkjet printer with UV curing, a section of mechanical contour cutting on a cutting plotter, a section of automated local glue application, implemented as an automated complex. Conclusions. The proposed technology for manufacturing film scales for information and measuring devices provides a 6.8-fold increase in productivity, increased efficiency and flexibility of production, allows you to quickly and cost-effectively rebuild to produce new products programmatically through the integrated introduction of new automation methods and modern technological processes at all stages of the production cycle.

The article substantiates the effectiveness of network training and e-learning technologies in the professional training and advanced training of engineering personnel at a technical university. The paper analyses e-learning technologies in the context of competence-based and activity-based approaches to the organization of the educational process. The study considers Universities as the core elements of the regional educational space, integrating and developing the potential of network interaction of its subjects. The authors propose the definition of the concept of “network educational space”. The article describes the experience of network training of personnel in the production sectors of the Ulyanovsk region in 2014-2020. Based on the analysis of the teaching practice of the Ulyanovsk State Technical University, the study proposes a model of the electronic information and educational environment of an educational organization. The authors formulate recommendations for the development of a network educational space in the region that meets the needs of the labor market.

The article proposes an effective mechanism for managing the renewal of fixed assets of textile industry enterprises, taking into account the industry features of the production of digital textiles on the basis of an information and analytical platform.The theoretical and methodological foundations of the system approach have been tested on the processes of managing the renewal of fixed assets and their financing in Public Joint Stock Company “Mogotex”. The innovation and investment project for the renovation of finishing production is based on the results of an analytical study, reasonable parameters and criteria, which makes it possible to create the framework of Industry 4.0 and the basis for industrial scientific and technological integration within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union.

An increase in fixed capital investments is necessary for accelerating the growth of the Russian regions and the economy as a whole and requires increased financial resources. The paper considers the possibility of increasing financial resources of regional companies by attracting additional debt financing. The proposed methodology determines the potential demand for debt financing, considering the performance requirements ensuring financial stability. The paper analyses how an increase in debt financing influences credit rating of a company as well as the cost of debt financing attraction. Unlike other works, this paper considers the debt capital structure of companies. Additionally, the study proposes a methodology for identifying changes in the coefficient of interest coverage (that affects credit rating of companies) depending on various debt financing structures. The application of the developed methodology allowed determining the potential increase in debt financing, which is necessary for the investment of regional companies. Debt financing can increase by 1.7 times (43.5 trillion roubles) in Russia in general, 1.4 times in the Sverdlovsk region, 2 times in the Tyumen region, and 1.6 times in the Chelyabinsk region. There are no opportunities to increase debt financing in the Kurgan region. A reduction in interest rates on loans to non-financial companies allows expanding debt financing of the Russian economy without lowering the credit rating. The study results can be used to determine the potential demand for debt financing from companies, industries, regions and the economy as a whole. Further research may consider the validity of the policy of high interest rates on loans to non-financial companies for achieving high economic growth.

Purpose of the study. The relevance of studying the issues of assessing the volume of shipped products is due to at least two reasons. On the one hand, its role as a resultant indicator of the activity of territorial systems, on the other, its primary nature in relation to the subsequent stages of distribution and consumption. The increase in production is directly related to domestic consumption and the possibilities of promoting manufactured goods to foreign markets, which is characterized by the volume of retail and wholesale trade. The need to search for opportunities for growth in production determines the need to expand the existing ideas about these connections, including the effects of time and space. In the context of the economic space network development, the changes cannot be ignored in production and trade processes in some territories in isolation from the processes taking place in other territories. At the same time, it is obvious that any current state is a consequence of the position achieved by the considered territory in the past. The purpose of the study is to assess the spatial dependence of the volume of the shipped products in dynamics in relation to the indicators of wholesale and retail trade.Materials and methods. The paper evaluates spatial autocorrelation using univariate and bivariate Moran's indexes – indicators, characterizing production, distribution and exchange of goods. Based on the selected spatial dependencies, three models were consistently built on the panel data from 2010-2019 for 85 regions of the Russian Federation: pooled model, panel-based spatial lag model; model with a spatially weighted factor variable. The calculations were performed using the GeoDA program.Results. The results showed that spatial effects should be taken into account in the study of the volume of products shipped. The value of the global Moran's index shows a high direct connection between the regions of the Russian Federation in terms of the volume of shipped products (0.29-0.39), with a weak connection for the wholesale trade turnover (0.06-0.18). In turn, the bivariate Moran's index showed that the volume of shipped products has a spatial relationship with the turnover of wholesale trade in neighboring regions of the Russian Federation. Domestic final consumption, characterized by per capita retail trade turnover, also has a positive effect on the volume of products shipped per capita. The constructed models showed that the volume of shipped products is positively affected by an increase in wholesale trade in the region and in neighboring territories, retail trade in the region and the development of production in neighboring territories.Conclusion. The article discusses a model that allows linking the development of the production of goods with the state of the channels of their promotion both inside the territory and outside it. At the same time, the use of panel data in the calculations helps to obtain reliable and meaningful estimates in the models. Within the framework of the proposed models, it was possible to identify the connection between production and wholesale trade, which was not previously determined on cross-sectional data. The results obtained make it possible to improve the quality of decisions made in matters of the territorial organization of economic activity in the regions, contributing to the development of production that depends on the possibilities of promoting manufactured goods through the wholesale and retail network.

This study aims to analyze the potential of the tourism sector and the agricultural sector as well as the processing industry in West Lombok Regency and to formulate policy recommendations for the tourism and agriculture sectors as well as the processing industry. The results of this study indicate that local food business (farming and processing industry) in West Lombok district can produce and supply most of the types of food requested by hotels and restaurants. Hotels and restaurants, as well as suppliers that were met in this study did not know specifically whether these products were products from the West Lombok district, foreign products, or foreign products. Potential policy directions for strengthening business linkages in the tourism sector and agricultural businesses and managing local foodstuffs are: advocacy for the use of local food ingredients in hotel and restaurant food menus, increasing the number of tourist visits, increasing the competitiveness of local products in markets and purchasing centers for hotels and restaurants and suppliers, and access to finance for local producers and suppliers.

The article studies the key ways of upgrading and modernizing industry in Uzbekistan - innovation processes taking place in manufacturing and selling goods and services. It was shown that raising the economic potential of the country, which was identified as a strategic line in the development of industrial forces and attaining public progress, can be provided not only on the basis of new investment into economy or setting-up new enterprises and works but also by rational and effective use of existing resources: labour, material, finance, natural, etc. The author analyzes figures of the efficiency of Uzbekistan industry innovation activity and puts forward ways of its intensification. It was shown that innovative enterprises of Uzbekistan differ greatly from enterprises in developed countries, which function in conditions of highly-competitive market saturated by high-quality products. Production in the republic lags behind in the sphere of international quality standards, which means that a bigger part of new products is new only on the home market. In order to raise products to global standards serious costs and efforts are necessary, which are unattainable for many enterprises.

In recent years, inter-regional cooperation has increased in one of the most important areas of economy, namely, its innovative development. The Strategy of Spatial Development of the Russian Federation for the period until 2025 set various aims for scientific, technological and innovative development of the country. Inter-regional cooperation is one of the means for achieving these aims. Thus, we decided to examine interactions between closely located innovation-active territories such as entities of the Russian Federation and promising federal centres of economic growth. The study focuses on 8 industrialised innovation-active entities located on the territory of the Urals, Volga region and Western Siberia. The administrative centres of these regions rank as promising centres of economic growth and have opportunities to establish world-class Research and Educational Centres. For assessing the level of interaction between the regions in terms of innovation activity, we applied a method of spatial autocorrelation. Drawing on the Moran’s test, we assessed the autocorrelation between geographically close territories based on the data for 2007, 2013 and 2018. We took into account possible transformations of dynamic spatial effects caused by external and internal changes. According to the study, in 2007, a trend of regional clustering in terms of innovation activity was identified in certain areas of the Siberian Federal District (Novosibirsk and Tomsk oblasts). By 2013, this trend only increased due to the inclusion of Omsk oblast in this group of territories. Moreover, in the same year the signs of regional clustering in terms of innovation activity caused by spatial effects were discovered in the territories of the Volga Federal District. They appeared due to similar processes occurring in the special industries for these regions, such as petrochemistry and engineering. In 2018, the noted trends continued, while in Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk oblasts the spatial effects (calculated based on a single innovation activity factor) were not discovered. Legislative and executive authorities can use the research findings for shaping and updating drafts of State programs and strategies of spatial development of the entities of the Russian Federation.

The author’s method of evaluating the innovative development of manufacturing enterprises has been presented. Three key stages of evaluation activities have been highlighted. At the first stage, the leading group of manufacturing enterprises in terms of innovative development was identified – high-tech enterprises. At the second stage attention was paid to the rating innovative development of high-tech enterprises based on the authorial structural grouping of innovation indicators. At the third stage high-tech enterprises allocation to positions of innovative development (innovative leader, developed or developing innovator) and sectors of innovative development (balanced, result- or potential- oriented) has been proposed.

Today in Russian economy the lack of investment resources for processing enterprises, the stagnation of the real and financial sectors interactions are observed. In such circumstances, the initiation of the import substitution process depends on the state’s participation in the process; however, it occurs in the institutional vacuum with the absence of mechanisms to coordinate the interests of government and business, entities of manufacturing and raw material producing industries in their technological recovery and domestic market saturation. This article describes the institutional traps, preventing the release of Russian economy on the path of neo-industrial development using the market, technological and social potential of import substitution.

Copyright of Bylye Gody is the property of Cherkas Global University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

The leading feature of the modern world has been the deep structural shifts caused by radical transformations of its industrial landscape. The corresponding transformations were caused by changes in the internal structure of national industrial sectors and were based on the technologies of the "fourth industrial revolution", whose emergence gave additional impetus to the structural transformation of the world economy, intensifying competition in global markets. The Covid crisis was a catalyst for accelerating changes in the intersectoral proportions of the world economy, complicating the existing structural problems. The study shows that the key feature of the model of structural changes that occurred in Ukraine's economy after the global financial crisis was the accelerated reduction of the industrial sector, especially the loss of potential of the processing industry, its technological simplification and narrowing the variety of industries. This was accompanied by increased dominance of the tertiary sector and the growth of the primary sector. Excessive share in the structure of production is occupied by industries, whose mode of reproduction is able to generate only relatively low rates of economic growth (mining and related industries of primary processing in industry and agriculture). Such a trend of structural shifts is not able to generate the necessary boost of economic growth, and much less so as it is burdened by the risks of deepening structural inconsistency of Ukraine's economy with the cardinal changes taking place in the world economy. Comparison of parameters and trends of structural changes in Ukraine's economy and in a comparable group of countries and the world as a whole shows that the changes in the structure of Ukraine's economy were much higher, but did not create sufficient potential for sustainable economic growth. The author analyzes the gaps in labor productivity between economic activities and sectors of Ukraine's economy, as well as changes in their dynamics, which leads to the conclusions about the relationship between the rates of technological development of different sectors of Ukraine's economy and the gradual slowdown of the already imperfect technological development of this country's industry with further loss of competitiveness. Estimated the degree of influence of such factors as investments and technological innovations, as well as shifts in the structure of employment on the increase of labor productivity in Ukraine's economy. Using the apparatus of econometric modeling, the author evaluates the dependence of the dynamics of GDP growth on the change of the indices of the physical volume of GVA in the sectors of this country's economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Relevance. Further to the postindustrial transition and the Forth Industrial revolution challenges operating nowadays in the world the Russian federation leaders task the nation to provide intensive innovation development of the economy and society with the effective administration of the process. The fulfillment requires toapply to such a praxis in the developed economies with the advanced manufacturing. Research object. The paper provides the analysis of the innovative activity indicators systems of the three developed economies leading in the world for a long time in manufacturing as well as in the novelties production and commercialization spheres, i.e. USA, Japan and Germany. Herewith the main principles of the systems’ formulation, bases to select their particular indicators has been determined, the element composition analyzed and their structures compared. Methods. To solve the task various research instruments have been applied: the system analysis, the content analysis, the comparative one and others. The institutional and evolutional theories and the modern political-economic approaches constituted the methodological basis of the research. Results. The operation of the research facilitated the determination of the perspective approaches to form the systems of innovation activity indicators there to be applied and?\?or adapted in Russia and the recommendation to make use of these. The comparative analysis realized manifested different variants of the system’ structures with such bases and facilitated the elaboration their typology further to the modes of the indicators’ grouping, their factors of influence and the presence?\?absence of the synthesizing indicator. The conclusions served for the recommendations to use some principles and methods of the foreign systems of innovation activity indicators’ constitution. Prospects. The immediate perspective of the research realized if the practical application of the deductions made, the theoretical conceptualization of the results obtained and the determination of the opportunities the systems to refine further on.

The purpose of the study. The engineering industry of Kazakhstan is very complex and according to the SPIID Program [1] includes sectors such as automotive, oil and gas engineering, agricultural engineering, mining engineering, electrical engineering, within which state support is provided to these industries. Despite some positive dynamics in the development of the domestic engineering industry, unfortunately, there are still many problematic sides. The engineering industry is one of those industries that are experiencing a shortage of qualified personnel, the cause of which is the inconsistency of the curriculum with the production requirements, low status of specialties, low wages. If we talk about the automotive industry, and specifically about its production, then, unfortunately, today there is only a small node assembly of cars. To this end, based on a study of the global engineering market using the examples of countries such as the USA, the EU, and China, it seems appropriate to analyze the development of the engineering industry in Kazakhstan and develop recommendations for improving the competitiveness of the domestic engineering market. Research methods. The study used methods of observation, comparison, measurement, analysis, and deduction. Results and conclusions of the study. The main reasons for the non-profitability of domestic engineering products in comparison with foreign counterparts are its higher cost and low quality associated with the use of outdated production technologies in most enterprises of the republic, an excessively high share of imported components, materials, energy, etc. In addition, most of the products of domestic factories are outdated morally and are far inferior to their foreign counterparts in terms of technical and operational indicators.

The aim of the study was to analyze the intermediate results of the implementation of the State program of industrial and innovative development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, developed for the period 2015-2019. The research methodology consisted in the analysis of statistical information from open sources, factor and comparative analysis of data, on the basis of which the results of the program for the period 2015-2018 were shown. Based on the study, conclusions and recommendations were presented, including the following. Certain progress was noted in the development of the industry and the introduction of innovations, including in matters of informatization and digitalization in Kazakhstan. The country’s industrial development indicators over the past 5 years show positive dynamics in almost all regions and large cities, although there are flaws in the implementation of the program to increase the export potential of the country’s industrial enterprises, resulting in a decrease in exports. Unresolved issues are the development of manufacturing in the regions of the country, including uneven indicators in terms of investment in fixed assets in manufacturing in certain regions of the country. As a recommendation, enterprises should continue to adhere to the line for the development of the manufacturing industry and the move away from the raw material orientation in the economy. It should also be emphasized that innovative development involves not only the use of information technology, but also the introduction of innovations in organization and management, in methods of industrial and agricultural production.

This study aims to identify the causes of deindustrialization among ASEAN countries with years of analysis from 2000 to 2017. Secondary data in this study were obtained from CEIC and the analysis method used an econometric model approach to panel data. The variable used to describe deindustrialization in this study (dependent variable) is manufacturing value added (MANVASUR) and the share of manufacturing in GDP (MANSHA). The results of the analysis show that per capita income, population, and economic openness have a significant effect on manufacturing value added (MANVASUR), while the share of manufacturing in GDP (MANSHA) is influenced by the wealth of natural resources, population, and economic openness. The population and per capita income of ASEAN member countries are positively related to the added value of the industrial sector, while economic openness is negatively related. This means that the more open the economy of a country, on the contrary the value added of the industrial sector actually decreases. Economic openness and natural resource wealth of ASEAN countries are positively related to the contribution (share) of the industrial sector to GDP, while the population is negatively marked by contribution (share) industrial sector to GDP. That means, the fewer the population, the less human resources involved in industry and industry will involve a lot of technology (capital intensive).

In article theory-methodical aspects of formation of contextual approach to adaptation of technology in the processing production are investigated. The problem points of technology defining need of carrying out adaptation processes for the processing branches of economy are revealed. The reasons of expediency of development and application of contextual approach to technology adaptation are proved. The initial logical basis of contextual approach is opened, specific factors of adaptation of technology in the processing productions are specified. It is reasoned practical orientation of contextual approach for the purpose of obtaining essentially new results in a research of productions and changes. Advantages of contextual approach are disclosed. Methodical tools of application of contextual approach are offered

Earlier in Europe, there existed many local textile brands and manufacturers. However, these have experienced significant pressure from the rapid expansion, and success of the European based global textile industry corporations, such as H&M and Inditex (Zara). Their further advancement is supported by the expansion into the new locations and application of nearshoring strategies to the favourable markets, such as Russian, which have attracted to some extent previously entirely offshored European manufacturing located in China. In this regard, the objective of the current study is the assessment of the business activities of the given companies, as well as one company from Finland, and three major textile companies from the Baltic States, through the designed methodological approach. Due to the fact that most performance indicators of companies are based on empirical data, the study is explorative in its nature. Moreover, it shows the relationship between the main key performance indicators of the company with one of the functional areas of logistics (warehousing and inventory management). In particular, analysis of this research shows that two global actors (H&M and Inditex) have experienced exceptional growth, profits and profitability during the years 2001-2016. It was concluded that nearly all of these earlier successful ones and smaller actors have faced difficulties in the past decade, and best growing has been company concentrating on warehousing and retail, instead of manufacturing. Most of these smaller actors have faced profitability challenges, and considerable amount of shareholder value has been lost during the decade.

This article has analyzed the state of the manufacturing industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan. For the development of the manufacturing industry the first condition is the availability of a vast resource base. To study this issue in the theoretical aspect were considered the views of foreign scientists. A comparative analysis of data at the regional and sectoral levels has been carried out in order to identify the potential for export development. In particular, the priority for the state areas of metallurgy, machine building, light industry and food industry were studied, and a SWOT analysis was carried out. At the same time, diagrams are presented for goods with a high share in exports, for the dynamics of the manufacturing industry, for the structure of exports for the manufacturing industry, for production volumes and exports of the manufacturing industry in the regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In order to make the manufacturing sector a factor of economic growth, its weight within GDP should reach 40-50%, as in developed countries, in 2017 we have this weight at 17.7%. This year, the share of the processing industry in total exports was 31.6%, but the main content of this share was not final goods, but semi-finished products. These are mainly iron, steel, copper, chemicals, ore, zinc, non-ferrous metals and aluminum. According to the World Bank, the share of exports of high-tech and medium-tech manufacturing goods amounted to no more than 0.41% in all exports of Kazakhstan. Therefore, to be among the 30 most developed countries in the world, Kazakhstan will have to reduce its dependence on the export of raw materials and develop high-tech production as the most important condition. In this regard, Kazakhstan is successfully pursuing a policy of developing production and overcoming commodity dependence. Thus, as a result of the implementation of the State Program on Forced Industrial-Innovative Development (SPAIID), the share of the manufacturing industry in the entire industry of the republic showed a positive trend. The main goal of the program was to increase the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry, increase labor productivity and increase the share of exports of finished goods. he article concludes that the Akmola, Almaty, Karaganda, Turkestan, Pavlodar and East Kazakhstan regions, specializing in processing, have a high potential for export development.

This article explores the question of sectoral planning costs during the preparation of medical equipment and machinery. Currently, the scope of the production of medical equipment, as one of the fastest growing economy in the Russian manufacturing industries, has its own characteristics. All production plants manufacturing process is preceded by a preparatory stage. We need to study the expected cost-effectiveness of production of new products, study the effectiveness of innovation and investment.

The unsatisfactory dynamics and high level of volatility of economic processes actualize the problem of ensuring the stable development of regional systems. The economic situation in the Federation largely depends on the state of the manufacturing industry, which is the main branch of Russian regions specialization. The aim of the work is to study the sustainability of the regional economy in the face of shocks in 2014-2015. The research methodology includes an analysis of domestic and foreign literature on the sustainability of the regional economy. A comprehensive analysis of scientific literature has shown that in an unstable economy, the importance of studying the issues of economic resilience increases, i.e. its ability to withstand external shocks, as well as quickly recover in the post-shock period. To identify the impact of external shocks on the dynamics of manufacturing industries, two periods are identified: 2012-2014 and 2016-2018. The analysis was carried out using official data from the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation. The paper studies the stability of manufacturing industries in the regions of the Central Federal District and the Northwestern Federal District to the impact of shocks. Based on the level of resilience, the regions are divided into three groups. In the regions of the first group, the industrial production index reached the pre-crisis level, the second - exceeded the pre-crisis level, and the third - the dynamics of manufacturing industries worsened. The analysis did not reveal a significant influence of the factors of specialization and innovative activity on the level of shock resistance. Regions with the same specialization showed significantly different levels of shock resistance. In the context of a low level of innovation and investment activity, it is difficult to draw a conclusion about the significant impact of innovation on the adaptation of regions to the conditions of the post-shock economy. At the same time, as the analysis has shown, most regions with higher growth rates of manufacturing industries in the post-crisis period have a positive dynamics of innovation activity. Manufacturing industries in most regions have adapted to the new economic reality. At the same time, the low level of investment and innovation activity does not allow us to conclude that adaptation was accompanied by an increase in the technological level of the industry.

Up-to-date directions in the development of modern industry increase the requirements for the quality of technical products. The design and manufacture of competitive process equipment require accuracy, productivity, and efficiency. Therefore, in this article, a new mechatronic system has been designed and developed to help porous, permeable materials with predicted porosity have been produced. The research aims to develop a mechatronic system for technology optimization in manufacturing permeable porous materials with controlled properties. As a result, the method of computer modeling of porous, permeable materials was developed. It allows us to consider the peculiarities of porosity distribution and radial velocity in radial isostatic compression. Additionally, a new mechatronic system for producing permeable materials allows us to determine the porosity distribution and particular characteristics of permeable powder material. The proposed approach allows us to evaluate the impact of technological modes on the main operational characteristics.

The production plan is the most important part of the system of operational and strategic planning of the functioning of an industrial enterprise, since it affects almost all aspects of its activities. At the same time, a scientifically grounded optimal production plan provides a significant increase in the efficiency of the enterprise. The authors show that the production plan can be considered as an integral part of the business plan for the development of an enterprise with a wide range of activities and, in a narrower aspect, applicable only to production activities. The task of forming a production plan for one type of product (new or outdated) involves determining the volume of output of this product within a given period of time and given resources. More complex and, as a rule, existing in practice is the task of forming a production plan for the case when an enterprise simultaneously produces both innovative (new) and obsolete products. The authors presented and formalized the task of forming a production plan for an industrial enterprise, subject to the availability of two types of products - innovative and outdated. The analysis of publications and research by the authors made it possible to establish the effectiveness of the use of linear programming tools to form a production plan for an enterprise. In accordance with this, the purpose of the study is to form an optimal plan for the production of products of an industrial enterprise and study its stability with respect to various factors. In the article, in terms of linear programming, the basic mathematical model for the formation of a production plan for two types of products is presented. An example of calculating the scarce sections of a production plan in relation to the resources involved in production and the available industrial capacities is demonstrated. It is shown that the use of estimates obtained in the formation of the optimal plan allows one to determine the boundaries of change in the parameters of the objective function, as well as the boundaries of error for resource-constraints, provided that the formed optimal structure of the production plan is preserved. In turn, this makes it possible to develop a production plan that is resistant to possible changes during its implementation. As directions for further research, the authors see the need to solve the problem of forming production plans for an industrial enterprise under the condition of a nonlinear objective function or model limitations and substantiating methods for solving this problem.

The current situation in the national economies of the countries of the world is due to the serious influence of the pandemic on all economic processes taking place in the economy. It was difficult to predict this kind of destabilization of the economy and social life, and it was all the more difficult to quickly develop measures to overcome the crisis and eliminate its consequences. The global pandemic and the economic crisis caused by the pandemic once again prove the presence of a “risk” component in the conduct of economic activities. Also, the current crisis indicates the need to create universal methods for early recognition and rapid overcoming of the crisis. Thus, the issue of managing economic systems in conditions of risk and uncertainty becomes especially important in modern realities. The crisis caused by the 2020 pandemic affected all economic systems, both at the level of individual economic entities and at the global and sectoral level, creating difficulties in sales, logistics, payment transactions, and so on. Thus, in our opinion, in the context of a crisis and the threat of a drop in production rates, special attention should be paid to sustainability in the development of Russia's regional economies. This need is due to the scale of the country and the territorial heterogeneity of the Russian Federation, which creates prerequisites for the formation of local measures to support the sustainability of the economy. To maintain the sustainable development of regional economies requires the development of an effective anti-crisis strategy. In addition, the global pandemic has become a catalyst for accelerating the digital transformation of technology. At the same time, not always the economic system can develop only at its own expense. Business entities operate in an unpredictable environment, thereby having problems with the circulation of funds, the reproduction of technologies that are dictated to them by the need to attract borrowed capital. The listed problems with the turnover of funds are inherent in all economic entities, regardless of their size, both for organizations at the micro level and for macroeconomic economic entities.

The purpose of the research is to substantiate what kind of influence the import substitution has on the positioning of different types of regions in the system of international economic relations. The research is focused on two types of regions — the industrial type (the Sverdlovsk region) and the agricultural type (Rostov and Krasnodar regions). The research hypothesis is following: import substitution influences not only the replacement of imported goods by the domestic ones, but also can change regional positioning in the international economic relations system. The authors propose the methodological approach. It examines the regional economy according to three levels: a system of entities engaged in foreign economic activity; a system of the support of import substitution and export orientation in a region; a system of international economic relations. Regional positioning in the system of international economic relations is expressed in manufacture and agriculture exports and imports. Our methodological approach reveals the dependence between manufacture and agriculture exports and imports and the manufacturing and agriculture output, including correlation analysis. . We have offered a technique based on the comparative analysis of the effectiveness of import substitution in two regions’ types applying correlation analysis. The analysis has shown the interrelation of the development processes of domestic manufacturing and agriculture, their export and import in 2005– 2016. The import decrease and export increase (after 2014) were mainly due to regional specialization in international division of labour. This demonstrates the results of import substitution. The research results can be used for further development of the strategies of regional international economic activity including such instruments as import substitution and export promotion.

Introduction. The article is devoted to the study of the regional manufacturing industry of the Siberian Federal District from the standpoint of economic security. The purpose of the article is to analyze the manufacturing industries on the basis of the proposed indicators group and in the context of ensuring economic security of the Siberian federal district.Materials and methods. The scientific methods of logic, comparison, as well as the method of the statistical materials’ analysis are used in the research. The analysis of the manufacturing industry was carried out in two groups of indicators:1) indicators determining the socio-economic importance of the manufacturing industry for the region;2) indicators of the export potential of the regional manufacturing industries, contributing to the development of the region.Results. The main results of the study are in identifying the regions of the Siberian Federal District, in which the manufacturing industry is the most important component in supporting the development of the region and maintaining its economic security. Moreover, special attention is paid to the contribution of manufacturing industries to the socio-economic stability of the Omsk region.The paper touches upon the theoretical and methodological provisions related to the study of the role of manufacturing industry in the development of the country and its regions and in improvement of methods for assessing regional economic security. The author proposes the group of indicators that allow more accurately reveal the impact of manufacturing industry on the socio-economic condition of the region.Discussion and conclusion. The conducted research allows supplementing the existing scientific directions with the approach, which clarifies the assessment of the manufacturing industry with an analysis of its export potential indicators, in order to expand the comprehensive understanding of the most problematic points of regional development from economic security point of view.

The elevation of competitiveness of the Russian manufacturing is of the key problems of the long-term national economic development. Further to this the “The Development and the Enhance of Competitiveness of the Industry” State Program of Russian Federation has been accepted and is executing. The paper analyses the changes of competitiveness indicators for various branches of manufacturing after the Program. It arguments their loose relationship with the competitiveness elevation objectives and provides an alternative approach of the authors to apprise the competitiveness of Russian manufacturing sectors and a classification of commodity groups of industrial goods basis their foreign market competitiveness.

Introduction. The article is devoted to the study of socio-economic development of Omsk region from the point of view of spatial organization. The purpose of this article is to clarify the patterns and trends of spatial socio-economic development of Omsk region, concerning the nature of their display in the last decade of this century and taking into account the spatial aspect.Materials and methods. For realization of the research such methods as description, generalization, comparison, and the method of analysis of statistical materials were used.Results. The main results of the research are the specification of patterns defining the spatial development of the Omsk region and associating with the settling of the population, and important industrial and agricultural component of the region economic system. In addition, six trends of socioeconomic development of the Omsk region were identified and studied. The article develops gained and described in the scientific literature, theoretical and methodological concepts, related to spatial economy and spatial organisation at the macro – and meso-levels. The article provides the author’s definition of spatial socio-economic development of the region, which refers to such an organization of population, infrastructure and industrial components, which provides them with balanced costs and demand combination with the simultaneous preservation of the territorial unity.Conclusion. The conducted research and the obtained results allow to supplement spatial-economic research area with the approach. identifying and summarizing patterns and trends of socio-economic development of a particular region, and take into account the s

Currently, in the conditions under which economic model of the country with high dependence on natural resources in foreign markets forced to shift rapidly, ways and mechanisms of building a modernized production base areas of the country with a focus on import substitution became especially actual. In the article, as the basis of building a competitive and efficient economy, discusses the aspects affecting the basic mechanism of formation of system of priorities and page priority for the production sector in the region on the process of realization Russia anti-crisis plan.

This article explores the question of sectoral planning costs during the preparation of medical equipment and machinery. Currently, the scope of the production of medical equipment, as one of the fastest growing economy in the Russian manufacturing industries, has its own characteristics. All production plants manufacturing process is preceded by a preparatory stage. We need to study the expected cost-effectiveness of production of new products, study the effectiveness of innovation and investment.

The article suggests the method of monitoring the sustainable development of the industry based on multi-criteria approach. This method involves a search of effective sets of industries based on predicted data. This technique is tested on thirteen branches of manufacturing industry in the article. The authors chose two systems of estimated indicators that characterize production stability and impact of social, environmental and technogenic threats.

The aim of the research is to analyze the dairy enterprises’ activity in Zhytomyr region, in particular, the ways of adaptation to the major crisis factors and outlining the prospects of the industry. The paper considers macro factors impact on the dairy enterprises’ activity during the period from 2005 to 2015. Synthesis of these factors allowed us to determine major of them. The main changes in the dairy 147 enterprises’ activity under determined factors have been researched. Retrospective statistical analysis of indicators of financial and economic activities of dairy enterprises in Zhytomyr region has been carried out. There were the following issues that restrained the development of dairy enterprises in Ukraine, e.g. the crises that were caused by the absence of effective market-oriented economic system; the retardation of forage from needs of livestock breeding; the lack of economic relations between suppliers of raw milk and dairy enterprises; the high cost price of milk supplied by households and poor quality of milk etc. The analysis of the dairy enterprises in Zhytomyr region allowed to show rather significant changes in the key indicators of economic activity. Thus, the most impact on the dairy enterprises’ activity was observed in 2006 and 2009 years when there was the significant drop in the index of industrial production. However, profitability began growing. Significant changes were observed in the range of products. The research has identified the prospects of the industry, so we can predict the further reduction in the number of dairy enterprises. The efforts of leading enterprises of dairy products will continue focusing on the further development of product range and brands and adaptation to European practices of management. Keywords: manufacturing; macro environment; processes of transformation; crisis; dairy production; rate of localization; standardization.

The article is devoted to actual problems of domestic engineering, arising in connection with the difficult financial and economic situation in Russia in the period of 2014-2015 years, when the internal market of the equipment. We analyze the statistical material to assess the status and opportunities of the industry to meet the domestic demand for machinery and equipment of a new generation. The development of the innovation sector of the economy is impossible without rapid economic maneuver for renewal and modernization of production facilities in all the activities. But in reality, the creation of prerequisites for innovation is very slow and requires a large-scale state intervention.

Article retracted The article considers the instruments of strategic planning of innovative activity of industrial enterprises, as well as its resource provision.

The analysis of the volumes of manufacturing in Belarus of an agricultural production with excess of permissible levels of 137Cs and 90Sr concentration for the period which has passed after failure on the Chernobyl NPP is carried out. It is shown, that from all kinds of production which is not meeting standard requirements for the radionuclides concentration, the majority falls on the grain unsuitable for the food purposes due to 90Sr concentration. Annually, it is registered from 25 to 55 thousand tons of such grain. In considerable volumes forages, with specific 137Cs and 90Sr activity, exceeding republican permissible levels are also produced. whole do not exceed total exposure doses for the inhabitants of Krasnoyarsk region.

The article identifies the factor of production, associated with smart industrialization, and provides modeling results of the corresponding production function on the example of manufacturing industry in Germany, as a country where the "Industry 4.0" development program has been announced and is being implemented at a nationwide level. It is argued that the existing approaches that takes into account scientific and technological progress within the design of production functions are not suitable for modeling the transformation of the impact of production factors in the process of smart industry formation, since scientific and technological progress in most papers is represented not by a specific measurable indicator, but simply by a natural series of numbers, reflecting the part of the change in production that is not explained by changes in the factors considered. It has been found that in German manufacturing industry output is growing while labor and capital expenditure decreases, which indicates the influence of at least one more factor related to the transition to the new technological mode - the smart industry. The difficulties of assessing the impact of the "smart factor" on production have been identified: both objective (the interdependence of computerization factors and the difficulty of distinguishing the contribution of each of them) and subjective (complete absence or fragmented statistical information). Based on the analysis of statistics, it has been found that the costs of software and databases are the most accurate indicator, reflecting the impact of the computerization factor on the output. A model, that is a modification of the Cobb-Douglas production function, has been designed, in which the added value in the processing industry is used as the endogenous variable, and the number of hours worked (labor factor), the cost of machinery and equipment with a 1 year lag (capital factor) and the cost of software and databases (computerization factor) are the exogenous factors. When analyzing the modeling results, authors found that computerization has turned into an important production factor and demonstrates the potential to replace other factors of production - labor and capital. The model can be used to substantiate the directions of smart industry development at the macro level, as well as the basis for developing criteria for assessing the level of enterprise "smartness" at the micro level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]