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Toilet paper and total war – the psychology of shortages and what it means for resilience

Logistics in War

The impact of this turbulence on essentially fragile national logistics, commerce and industry capability is starkly evident and has forced the nation to consider its national resilience. The military organisation – perhaps even government and industry – will rapidly try to respond to rapidly growing military requirements.

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RFID in the Supply Chain: Fizzling Technology or the Future of Effective SCM?

GlobalTranz

In 2003, Walmart announced that all of its suppliers would need to have Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all pallets and cases by 2006. For many reasons, that transformation did not happen and RFID was put on the industry’s back-burner. Two Specific Examples of RFID in the Supply Chain? Download white paper.

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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. Supply continually occupied the minds of planners.

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

Logistics in War

The impact of logistics on strategic decision making is much less discussed, as is the way logistics factors ultimately shape the choice of forces and strategy for a possible conflict. I will go so far, as I have done so before at Logistics in War, to argue logistics leads strategy in these instances.

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OSCA brings visibility to jeans supply chain

Logistics Business Magazine

When it comes to jeans, the name MUSTANG immediately comes to mind in the fashion industry. When the name “MUSTANG” is mentioned in the fashion industry, insiders like to tell this story: MUSTANG was founded in 1932 in Kuenzelsau by Luise Hermann as “L. In 1989, for example, the company obtained the license for JOOP!

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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. Supply continually occupied the minds of planners.

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Drones to the rescue as Cyclone Desmond storms Mozambique

World Food Programme Logistics

It is an example of how new technology can save lives and help communities hit by disasters within shorter time spans,” says Androulla Kaminara, Director at the European Union’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO). WFP’s capacity building is now being put into action where drones can be deployed when every moment counts.”