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When Coincidence Meets Determination – An Interview with Rob O’Byrne

Logistics Bureau

We wanted a bureau of services , including management consulting, recruiting, training and systems. We tried a few things in the early days like starting our own recruitment company and training business. I think it was in 2010 that I was at a seminar listening to someone pitching a VA business. It had to be a one-stop shop.

Meeting 48
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5th-generation energy for 5th-generation air power

Logistics in War

Editorial Note: On 11 April 2019, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar examining high-intensity operations and sustaining self-reliance. In support of the seminar, The Central Blue and Logistics in War will be publishing a series of articles.

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How Data Can Improve Last-Mile Delivery

Shipchain

But when managers can make adjustments, such as finding ways to alter delivery routes, they can meet rising costs. In 2016, MIT’s Megacity Logistics Lab partnered with a global brewing company to improve last-mile deliveries. Managers have a lot on their plates when it comes to staying on top of their deliveries.

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Thailand Courts Foreign Investment, While Leadership Questions Remain

Supply Chain Brain

Those were among the phrases that officials voiced at a recent seminar in Bangkok organized by the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI). Kobsak Pootrakool, who holds the title of minister attached to the prime minister’s office, told the investment seminar that Thailand’s international competitiveness has been on the decline in recent years.

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

Logistics in War

ULAC are used by artillery soldiers in the field for the safe transport and storage of propellant and projectiles in training and operational environments. 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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One hundred logisticians, one bullet and designing the future logistics system

Logistics in War

– General Angus Campbell, Chief of Defence Force (then Chief of Army), Chief of Army address to the Army Logistics Training Centre, 3 rd December 2016. This topic is one of a number being discussed at the 2018 Australian Army Logistics Leaders Seminar in November. [i] Preparedness is one of four key command themes.

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Top 30 U.S. Ports 2017: Digitization is driving change

247 Customs Broker

When the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) staged their annual “Smart Ports” seminar in Oakland two months ago, the host gateway was able to showcase its digital shipping platform capable of speeding up global trade flows by the third quarter of 2018. It was just one of several new announcements made by top U.S. Top 30 U.S.