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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

Too few commanders have realised that logistics readiness underpins their strategies, or defines capabilities or the way their forces will fight. Some get it right, and base strategies on the capacity given to forces by their sustaining echelons, bases or auxiliary vessels. Ambition met reality south of Baghdad.

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Choosing forces in a crisis – logistics and the art of strategic decision making

Logistics in War

There has been an understandable proliferation of military articles describing the need for forces to be ready, including logistics forces essential for any operational response. I will go so far, as I have done so before at Logistics in War, to argue logistics leads strategy in these instances. That is, if you choose to look for it.

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

Too few commanders have realised that logistics readiness underpins their strategies, or defines capabilities or the way their forces will fight. Some get it right, and base strategies on the capacity given to forces by their sustaining echelons, bases or auxiliary vessels. Ambition met reality south of Baghdad.

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

An unprepared military offers political leaders few options, corrupts strategy, is inefficient and ineffective, and poses a national risk. For example, it is widely accepted that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) had little logistics capacity to sustain a large second-rotation force after intervening in East Timor in 1999.

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How to automate your warehouse

Logistics Business Magazine

Without becoming too philosophical in an article about Warehouse Management Solutions, understanding change and how it applies to the decision-making process of automating your warehouse is what I’ll be sharing with you in this article. Alexander Glazunov is a Manager & Delivery Director for First Line Software.

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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. For example, the NIST demonstration shows an assembly operation.