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“Becoming a good driver is not easy”

World Food Programme Logistics

I worked briefly with WFP from December 1999 to May 2002 for emergency relief, and then started working with WFP again when they reopened their operations in October 2003. He’s interested in constantly learning new skills, including first aid through training courses offered by WFP.

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

Logistics in War

3] While these deployments were small in comparison to East Timor, most of the problems that arose with INTERFET had surfaced in some way during previous ADF deployments to Somalia (1993) and Bougainville (1997-2002) and there was ample opportunity for an appropriate lessons learned process to be applied.

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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 in the light of these facts that the commander expects to shape his course during the supervision of the planned action.’ [1]. The ADF will have had to expand its training capacity, logistics, and invest in new capabilities to create strategic advantages. From Sound Military Decision , United States Naval College, 1942.

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Still Think Dangerous Goods is Just Paperwork and Labels?

Talking Logistics

The prosecution was brought by [the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority] under the air navigation (dangerous goods) regulations 2002. This includes how they must be classified, packed, marked, labelled and documented – as well as the dangerous goods training which must be completed by the people packing and sending them.

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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. You don’t have to shop around to source the necessary kit and staff training requirements are kept to a minimum.