Conceptual approaches to the process of forming an organizational and economic mechanism for managing foreign economic activity of a manufacturing pharmaceutical enterprise on the basis of logistics

Successful functioning of domestic manufacturing pharmaceutical enterprises directly depends on the efficiency of their foreign economic activity. The article studies dynamics of foreign trade of Ukraine in pharmaceutical products. It is established that the average share of imports of pharmaceutical products in the total structure of commodity imports of Ukraine was 3.4 %. It is determined that the volume of export supplies of medicines has increased significantly, and their share in the total structure of foreign trade of Ukraine varied within 0.3-0.5 %. It is proved that imports for the specified period increased by 2.2 times in 2021 compared to 2015. The factors influencing the efficiency of foreign economic activity of manufacturing pharmaceutical enterprises are formulated. The definition of the concept of «organizational and economic mechanism for managing the logistics of foreign economic activity of manufacturing pharmaceutical enterprises» is proposed. It is determined that the organizational and economic mechanism for managing the logistics of foreign economic activity is a multilevel system of interrelated elements, namely: subjects, objects, principles, methods, tools, ways of their interaction, which generally harmonize the economic relations of the state, owners of pharmaceutical enterprises, creditors, staff and business partners. The components of the organizational and economic mechanism for managing the logistics of foreign economic activity of a manufacturing pharmaceutical enterprise – economic and organizational - are proposed. It is determined that the organizational element regulates the organizational relations between the elements of the system, the economic element implements the system of economic relations in the management process. The mechanism of action is proposed. The advantages of using the organizational and economic mechanism for managing the logistics of foreign economic activity of a manufacturing pharmaceutical enterprise are estimated.