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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 establishment of the Defence Materiel Organisation in 2001 saw the Division disbanded, with its functions reallocated across Defence.

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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

Defence presently engages with industry through a multiple of channels, with key agents being the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG), Joint Logistics Command (JLC) and a variety of other groups, units, functions, including the Services, responsible for their own component of the logistics process.

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The hazards of Ammonium Nitrate and 100 years of related disasters

Shipping and Freight Resource

Pure AN is stable and will stop decomposing once the heat source is removed, but when catalysts are present, the reaction can become self-sustaining (known as self-sustaining decomposition, or SSD). Date:September 21, 2001. However, there are numerous cases when even impure AN did not explode in a fire. Country: France. Tonnes:200-300.

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Tyranny of the Easy Button: Finding Balance Between Contract & Organic Logistics

Logistics in War

In this article, US Army logistician Jessica McCarthy examines a challenging, contemporaneous, issue for many Western militaries – how much contractor support is enough? . A great site containing forward-thinking articles examining the character of contemporary and future warfare, it is well worth following. .

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Meet the new boss: Ian El-Mokadem shares his vision for

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V.Group has a long history of acquisitions, with the 2001 addition of Acomarit replicated more recently with moves for Graig Ship Management, Bibby and Selandia. This article was written for TW+ magazine, to be published with TradeWinds this week. “I believe you don’t just get to do acquisitions. Compliance to U.S.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling and Logistics

NOTE: Ron Giuntini also participated in the roundtable, but his contribution on the servitization trend will appear in a separate article. . In the world of economics, articles abound regarding the controversial issue of whether in the future the U.S. Automation, Robots and AI. Trump Tariffs and their Impact on Supply Chains.