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Fritz inducted into Logistics Hall of Fame

Logistics Business Magazine

The main pillars are effective processes, professionally trained logistics staff and the use of IT. The entrepreneur also pushed for initiatives to systematically train logistics personnel and evaluate humanitarian missions with the help of key figures. The award is presented by the Logistics Hall of Fame and donated by TRATON SE.

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Motherload Transport: Vancouver Island Freight Success Story

Freightera

The company was founded by Sharon-Anne Tallieu and her daughters, Erin and Jackie in 2001. For example, they’re involved with a program called Christmas Angels through which they make sure that a local family in need has access to Christmas presents. Just like with Motherload, John never ceases training him and helping him improve.

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The 5 Benefits of Virtual Reality in Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

Manufacturers can see what’s going on, review how workers’ responsibilities could be changed, and determine if the changes would save the manufacturer money, a key point in a 2001 publication on virtual reality. Training Protocols. Products may not always be correctly manufactured, and risks will always be present.

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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). 240 tonnes of ammonium nitrate in sacks exploded after being hit by a shell from a nearby fire in a munitions train. Date:August 5, 1940.

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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. ULAC are used by artillery soldiers in the field for the safe transport and storage of propellant and projectiles in training and operational environments. South Australian workshop.

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

Logistics in War

The result is a growing military logistics experience gap, presenting readiness challenges for future battlefields on which contract support may not be a viable option. In 2001, under LOGCAP III, support returned to KBR which supported expanding operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Djibouti, Jordan, Kenya, Uzbekistan and Georgia.

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

Material Handling and Logistics

Jim Shephard, president, Shephard’s Industrial Training Systems. ? SHEPHARD: It has been a while since I last offered comments concerning something so important as people, training and workplace safety. They developed a consistent method to train employees, then they assigned key individuals as mentors. How did they do it?