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COVID-19 – South African shipping perspective

Shipping and Freight Resource

While having an open economy is a good thing, it does expose the country to greater volatility as the economy is influenced by global events and economies to a large extent. The controls are too many to list in this article, but summaries of what has been covered in the various notices appear below, together with access to those notices.

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The debris of an organisation – thinking about how the ADF recovers from the first losses of war: Part One

Logistics in War

It is necessary for us in the ADF to prepare for the confluence of events that inevitable occur over a longer term than we envisage. We need only look at the events of late 2019 and 2020 and the confluence of bushfires, pandemics, and geostrategic tensions to show how organisations and other groups respond to the foreseen but unanticipated.

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Reflections on East Timor by a logistics unit commander – twenty years on

Logistics in War

If you feel I am wrong in any recollection of an issue or event, you may be right. Brigadier Kehoe’s experiences will continue over coming articles at Logistics in War. 4] Australian National Audit Office report, Management of Australian Defence Force Deployments to East Timor , 20 March 2002.

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PODCAST: Modern Courier Delivery Compliance Considerations: Understanding SOX and SOC Compliance

The Logistics of Logistics

Original article: PODCAST: Modern Courier Delivery Compliance Considerations: Understanding SOX and SOC Compliance Logistics and supply chain are some of the world’s most complex and regulated industries, which has been further compounded by increasing reliance on data and technology in both fields.

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Supply Chain Data Visibility Paramount as Industry Lurches into Next Chapter

IoT World Today

Key Takeaways from This Article: COVID-19 has unveiled the fragility of a global supply chain predicated on lowest-cost principles. Compare China’s share today with 2002, during the SARS epidemic, when China represented only 4% of world GDP. But with a black-swan event, it just magnifies the risk.”.

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Analytics in Supply Chain Management Becomes Central As Coronavirus Escalates

IoT World Today

And while during the SARS epidemic of 2002 and 2003, China represented 4.3% In order to build a correct demand plan, one-off events have to be identified and accounted for,” wrote Ralf W. Seifert and Richard Markoff in the article “ Demand for AI in Demand Planning.”. Indeed, by 2010, China surpassed the U.S.

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How to Improve Manufacturing Floor Data Collection

GlobalTranz

Although it was published in 2002, the case study highlighted the data collection struggles of a particular manufacturing company that probably rings true for many SMEs and large corporations alike. It’s often the case that specialist computer systems will require a qualified engineer to fix them in the event of a malfunction.