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Sustaining National Defence – logistics investment in the National Defence Strategy

Logistics in War

By David Beaumont On 17 April 2024, Defence’s Integrated Investment Plan was published as a companion to Australia’s National Defence Strategy. [1] This Program was a component of the Strategic Reform Program initiated with the 2009 Defence White Paper. Before this time, the situation was grim.

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Key Factors to Consider When Planning and Designing Warehouses

Logistics Bureau

Since I first published this article back in 2009, warehouse design principles haven’t altered that much, but as we received many comments, including requests for more information, I figured it might be a good idea to expand on the original piece. Your distribution strategy too, will have a bearing on network optimisation.

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Ocean Freight Procurement and Going with the Stream

Freightos

Not that long ago, they were the only way people listened to music, peaking at 23 million units sold in Q1 2009. For example, logistics providers reported that unless they paid extra during capacity crunches, 25% of their shipments failed to make the first available sailing. Remember iPods? We never looked back.

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Transportation Industry Braces for a Looming Transportation Capacity Crunch Crisis in 2017

GlobalTranz

An example would be hearing out reasons behind the needs each side wants to address. Now of course, this continues to strengthen the need for a hard look at how we handle the Highway Trust Fund and how we deal with aging infrastructure. crisis may be an understatement rather than an over statement. Wide shoulders.

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How Manufacturing in the US Continues to Grow Despite Fears Over Higher Costs, Lower Percentage of GDP & Election-Year Woes

GlobalTranz

The path toward recovery began in 2009 under President Obama, and 2016 marks seven years since it began. For example, many electronics may require specialized equipment to manufacture, but this equipment needs to be built in the U.S. For example, foreign countries may not protect proprietary information as thoroughly as the U.S.

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Here’s Why Image of Manufacturing as Boring, Dirty, and Tedious is Drastically Changing

GlobalTranz

If this statistic is applied to the 225,000 student participants, it represents more than 180,000 future workers in the industry, which includes positions in engineering, business, technology, robotics, business, and even online marketing strategy development (much like those who created this website) in manufacturing.

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“Women, logistics, trucks, warehouses… very cool!”

World Food Programme Logistics

In 2009, I re-joined WFP in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara and got quickly reposted to Padang to take care of the West Sumatra tsunami and earthquake. Most of my roles were in logistics and supply chain, but since WFP Indonesia’s strategy shifted in 2016, we’ve focused on technical assistance and capacity building. We’re all equal!