OPTIMIZING THE SYSTEM OF MATERIAL FLOW INDICATORS IN THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT BUSINESS: LOGISTICS ASPECT

The article deals with the issues of forming an optimal set of material flows indicators in the hospitality industry. This optimal set should take into account the characteristics of the industry, be comprehensive but not redundant, and respond as fully as possible to the needs arising in the process of planning, optimizing and managing logistics flows. When including peculiar characteristics in the set of material flows indicators, one should take into account not only the specifics of the industry, but also the features of the organization of the logistics circuit. At present, there is no uniform approach among academics and practitioners to defining both individual indicators and the whole system of material flow measures in the hospitality industry. In some cases, definitions are too vague, making their practical application difficult. And in some cases it is proposed to use indicators that are inappropriate or inappropriate from the point of view of the logic of the current flow processes. The purpose of the article is to clarify the approaches to classifying and constructing the system of material flow indicators in the hospitality industry, taking into account the logistic approach to the organization of flow processes. The proposed approach to the classification of material flow indicators in the hospitality industry takes into account, first of all, the needs of practical activities in the implementation of analytical and management work related to the flow processes. And the proposed system of material flow indicators is optimized taking into account the specifics of the hospitality industry. Improvement of the classification methodology and the formation of an optimal set of material flow indicators of hospitality industry will make it possible to more successfully use specialized software in planning and managing the logistics loop. In this way, the results obtained can be used to improve the efficiency of the practical activities of logistics specialists working in the hospitality industry.