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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

This paper presents the exemplar concept of national support as an approach upon which a future civil-military relationship in Australia is based. The first batch of containers was accepted in May 2016, with the final batch coming off the assembly line in June 2016, well ahead of the contracted delivery date.

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Ignoring congestion on U.S. highways won’t make it go away

247 Customs Broker

It has always been a factor in the past, in the present, and, unfortunately, in the future, too. That was made very clear in research issued today by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) , the research arm of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) in its most recent “Cost of Congestion” analysis. . And guess what?

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The Trends Shaping Supply Chain and Logistics: Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2017

Talking Logistics

Much of that growth has been fueled by acquisitions, including four acquisitions in 2016, with more certainly to come this year. The R&D team delivered about 350 product releases in 2016. Ports, Airports and Global Infrastructure Group, also presented at the Executive Forum.

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When it comes to the truck driver shortage, ‘the struggle is (still) real’

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As always, ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello clearly presented the situation, in terms of the challenges it creates and what it could mean for freight transportation and logistics. We experienced a ‘freight recession,’ last year [in 2016], which eased the pressure on the driver market. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor.

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The Australian Defence Force and industry support to operations – is it time for a new ‘national support agenda’?

Logistics in War

In 2016, the Australian Government released its 2016 Defence White Paper and the supplemental Defence Industry Policy Statement. Each agency or group has its own objectives and requirements, and the approach is demonstrably fragmented. By David Beaumont.

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The Australian Defence Force and industry support to operations ? is it time for a new ?national support agenda??

Logistics in War

In 2016, the Australian Government released its 2016 Defence White Paper and the supplemental Defence Industry Policy Statement. Each agency or group has its own objectives and requirements, and the approach is demonstrably fragmented.

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Global Economy to Edge Up to 3.1 percent in 2018 but Future Potential Growth a Concern

The Logistics Academy

The broad-based recovery in global growth is encouraging, but this is no time for complacency,” World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said. Yet, some of these reforms will be resisted by politically powerful groups, which is why making this information about their development benefits transparent and publicly available is so important.”.