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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] History cruelly reminds military planners, governments and nations that such opinions tend to ‘leave emperors without their clothes’.

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Big Changes at the Port with Lauren Beagen

The Logistics of Logistics

Beagen is a seasoned maritime attorney and the founder of Squall Strategies, LLC and The Maritime Professor. About Squall Strategies. Squall Strategies is a maritime consulting and legal solutions company and offers a wide range of consulting services to serve a variety of businesses and clients. About Lauren Beagen.

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Which Supply Chain Strategy Will Prevail in 2022?

Stord

After 2+ years of out-of-stock messages, low inventory levels, and sky-high costs, brands are exploring a wide range of strategies to resolve these issues and strengthen their inventory throughput in 2022 and beyond. Unfortunately, not all supply chain strategies are created equal. Which of These Strategies is the Most Feasible?

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This Week in Logistics News (April 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

It will be interesting to see how these smugglers will change course when fossil fuels are completely replaced by renewables. Low-income citizens, who rely on the government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to support their grocery budgets, would have to pay a reduced $4.99

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4 Important Benefits of a Sustainable Reverse Logistics Strategy

GlobalTranz

However, one of the most important aspects of supply chain strategies is often overlooked: the reverse supply chain (also referred to as reverse logistics ). A reverse logistics strategy provides a path for removing the existing equipment to make way for the next era of equipment in the case of end of life products or new upgrdes.

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Charting a course for GHG emissions and the shipping sector

The Logistics Academy

The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) plans to adopt an initial greenhouse gas strategy, the first of its kind for the shipping sector whose annual CO2 emissions are slightly higher than the annual emissions of Germany. Setting a common course? Source : [link].

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Look Before You Leap: Avoid Unintended Consequences with Your Logistics Strategy

Logistics Problem Solving

What do you do if your logistics strategy is just not working? While there are ways to reverse course after a faulty strategy is deployed, you must first admit it was faulty. Testing is not only a good idea, it is crucial to developing a logistics strategy. Set and Forget” does not apply to logistics strategy.