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Logistics Contractors and strategic logistics advantage in US military operations

Logistics in War

ii] As a result of this divestment, operational contracting, corporate financing and support, and transnational supply chains have become so embedded in the American way of war, that is difficult to see how the US Army could conduct expeditionary operations without commercial support.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Now operating in its fifth station, Flytrex’s three-minute delivery service will be available to approximately 140,000 customers across the United States. since 2004, hit an all-time high of 4,586 points in late March. Nike Earnings Reflect Supply Chain Disruption Complexities.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain resilience is crucial for ensuring the continuity of business operations, the delivery of essential goods and services, and the protection of public safety and national security. Robustness is the ability of a supply chain to resist disruptions and maintain its normal operations.

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C4T appoints new CEO

Logistics Business Magazine

Spiegelberg succeeds Pieter Haesaert, who founded C4T together with Ilse Vermeersch as a customs consultancy in 2004 before developing the CAS platform ten years later.

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The Zara’s logistics process

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

They are characterized by the retail strategy of adapting products according to the trends dictated by the consumer in the fastest and most efficient way possible, replacing the traditional model in which designers dictated fashion.

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Tony Bauckham Appointed as Commercial Director for Charter Business at Volga-Dnepr

Airfreight Logistics

A recent announcement from Russian based airline Volga-Dnepr confirmed the appointment of Tony Bauckham as their new Commercial Director for their UK global charter sales operations.

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

Logistics in War

Enough stockholdings of strategically significant commodities is critically important for national resilience, just as they are for military operations. 3] It was a problem recently seen in the initial operations of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and was one reason for the ‘iron mountains’ of Operation Desert Storm over a decade earlier.

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