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Reforming logistics training: themes, challenges and the quest for the ideal

Logistics in War

A common trend found in the literature of military logistics is the decrying of training and education gaps interspersed within the persuasive arguments for greater military interest in logistics. i] Thorpe saw that efficient logistics was a function of two factors; power and knowledge. By David Beaumont.

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Supply Chain Optimization: Leveraging Integrated Scenario Planning as a Margin Multiplier

Logistics Viewpoints

Situation Companies are increasingly confronted with complex planning scenarios due to predictable events such as mergers and acquisitions, category expansions, supplier changes, and distribution evolution, as well as disruptive events including demand volatility, material shortages, capacity constraints, and logistical surprises.

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Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them

Logistics Viewpoints

this experience has changed how we dress and exercise. We stopped going to the gyms and favored outdoor activities or at-home exercises. While increasing demand for at-home exercise equipment also expedited the expansion of the online wellness industry. Although we may not go back to those days (hopefully!),

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The value of a moment – logistics and the acceleration of war

Logistics in War

1] Logistics might not be a competitor to strategy or tactics, but it most certainly helps determine ‘which side will have the most options available’; to seize advantage, if not define the way in which wars might be waged. [2] 2] In return, different styles of war require different forms of logistics. The response.

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Continuing Education For Licensed Customs Brokers

MTS Logistics

MTS Logistics is proud to be a Licensed Customs Broker. This new regulation requires customs brokers to have the necessary training needed to facilitate compliant trade in the modern operating environment and will allow customs brokers to act as an additional layer of security to prevent illegal goods from entering into U.S.

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Raising Productivity in Logistics Operations: The BHAG Approach

Logistics Bureau

They did a benchmarking exercise with us and we found that the industry standard was about 40 lines per hour. The Key to it all: Training. Often companies will make their supply chain managers responsible for overseeing the productivity drive without providing enough training or putting sufficient motivators in place.

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Underwriting preparedness – considering the logistics of the future preparedness system

Logistics in War

More insidious is the impact of the ‘paradox of more is less’ where training and other activities are ‘paid through evanescence and self-destruction’ as people and things tire. What is less easy to treat is the logistics system which underpins the generation of capability.