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Making the military prepared and resilient – logistics, supply-chains and problems within

Logistics in War

This is the second part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. This conference convened to discuss supply chain resilience at a time of strategic competition. By David Beaumont. Part one can be found here. Supply chains move and flex where demand exists.

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The Australian Defence Force and industry support to operations ? is it time for a new ?national support agenda??

Logistics in War

This is the final post from the LIW archives on strategic logistics and logistics challenges prior to the Australia & New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. By David Beaumont. In 2016, the Australian Government released its 2016 Defence White Paper and the supplemental Defence Industry Policy Statement.

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

In 2003 the US Army halted for an operational pause outside An Najaf. [11] This is an edited adaption of a presentation given at the Australian Defence Force conference ‘Rapid Force Projection’ in April 2019. Ambition met reality south of Baghdad. while we’ve got the opportunity to do so. 1] Engels, D., 4] Roth, J.,

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

In 2003 the US Army halted for an operational pause outside An Najaf. [11] This is an edited adaption of a presentation given at the Australian Defence Force conference ‘Rapid Force Projection’ in April 2019. Ambition met reality south of Baghdad. while we’ve got the opportunity to do so. 1] Engels, D., 4] Roth, J.,

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Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt Receives Sustainability Award at Clean50 Summit in Toronto

Freightera

The award was presented at the Clean50 Summit in Toronto on Sept. Eric Beckwitt was born in California but had to flee with the family in 2003 to save his son, who suffered severe asthma in the Sierra Nevada foothills where the Beckwitt family lived. Clean50 CEO Gavin Pitchford presents the awards.

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

Material Handling and Logistics

This is a long way around to noting that most economic predictions these days are always accompanied by the caveat “…as long as tariffs don’t cause too much damage,” a common refrain among industry association economists in their presentations at the American Trucking Associations Annual Economic Summit held in September.