World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 19, 2020

South Sudan is among East African countries experiencing invasions on a scale not seen since 2003–2005 in West Africa A handful of locusts in county Magwi, South Sudan. Scaring off locusts in Magwi is a sadly futile exercise. This is the worst locust infestation since the swarms that hi t West Africa in 2003–2005.

Food and Agriculture 52

Food and Agriculture Security Exercises Groups 52

The Lean Thinker

AUGUST 31, 2022

These are some notes I wrote back in 2005 that I thought might be interesting here. Thus, focusing on implementing the tools of TPS (takt time, flow, pull, etc) outside of the immediate response and problem solving context is an exercise which expends energy and gains very little sustainable change.

Events 44

Events Modeling Software Workshop Buyer Training 44

World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 6, 2020

Photo: WFP I joined the humanitarian world in 2005 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Let us exercise our greatest potential at any opportunity presented to us as that is how we get to inspire more women. “A Being a woman will mostly have no impact on the job and when you are the only woman in the room, own it, you belong there, they say.

Emergency logistics 52

Emergency logistics Meeting Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics 52

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2019

If your supply chain network design has not been under the microscope, and you care about business success, it’s probably time to consider the benefits of a design review and optimisation exercise. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool.

Supply Chain Design Software 118

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction 118

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

If your supply chain network design has not been under the microscope, and you care about business success, it’s probably time to consider the benefits of a design review and optimisation exercise. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool.

Supply Chain Design Software 122

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction 122

Shipping and Freight Resource

APRIL 11, 2020

Under sections 80(1) (g) of the National Ports Act, 2005 (Act No. 12 of 2005) as of 18th March 2020 crew change is prohibited till further notice in all eight commercial ports in South Africa – Durban, Richards Bay, Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Saldanha Bay, Port Elizabeth, Ngqura and East London. Crew Change.

Cargo 112

Cargo Food and Agriculture Resource Reduction Government 112

Logistics in War

JANUARY 23, 2019

4] Routine exercises and training can achieve high standards of preparedness, at least for a time. Military Preparedness , US War College, USA, 2005, p 1; available at [link]. [4] There comes a point, however, where human energy is consumed, machinery is run-down, supplies exhausted and the performance of units begins to drop. [5]

Military 89

Military Resource Reduction Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software 89