article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

National support now – how Defence might prepare the national support base for a future war – Part Two

Logistics in War

The establishment of the Defence Materiel Organisation in 2001 saw the Division disbanded, and its functions reallocated across Defence. The National Support Division (NSD) was folded three years after its establishment, and the national support concept it’s represented buried within a new organisational dynamic.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

National support now – how Defence might prepare the national support base for a future war – Part Two

Logistics in War

The establishment of the Defence Materiel Organisation in 2001 saw the Division disbanded, and its functions reallocated across Defence. The National Support Division (NSD) was folded three years after its establishment, and the national support concept it’s represented buried within a new organisational dynamic.

article thumbnail

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

Material Handling and Logistics

Instead of using Google to search scientific literature, imagine hundreds of women using massive mainframe computers searching for physical documents based on key words submitted by scientists. At that timeβ€”the mid-1960sβ€”my mother worked as a researcher for a NASA contractor. I tell this story for a reason.