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How much stuff is enough?

Logistics in War

Those who were intimately involved in the redeployment of Australian combat elements from Afghanistan in 2013 will have no troubles in citing examples of huge stockpiles of stuff that were created through over ordering, poor stock management, risk adverse planning and a failure to recognise changing security conditions.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Moreover, the attitude of commanders and leaders, logisticians and staff planners to comprehensively and critically assess the Defence organisation – a ‘blue force analysis’ – also influences the logistics system to function as intended. Rather than a ‘tooth to tail’, perhaps we really have an ‘arm and a spear’.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Moreover, the attitude of commanders and leaders, logisticians and staff planners to comprehensively and critically assess the Defence organisation – a ‘blue force analysis’ – also influences the logistics system to function as intended. Rather than a ‘tooth to tail’, perhaps we really have an ‘arm and a spear’.

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

We conducted a thorough analysis of these concerns & compared results in different geographies. Analysis showed that around 70-80% of issues faced in support could be classified or could be attributed to incorrect Master Data Maintenance & triggered a thought process of "Importance of Proactive Master Data Maintenance".

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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians – Part 1

Logistics in War

Rather than using intuition to inform decisions, people often retreat behind analysis to avoid choosing between difficult options. Even if analysis is used to inform judgements, decisions at the highest level will tend to be intuitive and influenced by a range of factors. This is especially the case with logistics.

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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians

Logistics in War

Rather than using intuition to inform decisions, people often retreat behind analysis to avoid choosing between difficult options. Even if analysis is used to inform judgements, decisions at the highest level will tend to be intuitive and influenced by a range of factors. This is especially the case with logistics.

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Supply Chain Management:A New Lens for Supply Chain Roadmaps

Infosys Supply Chain Management

They expand into an analysis of revenue-accruing & cost-optimizing functions, and result in the identification of capabilities that the organization aspires to develop or enhance. Enterprise transformations are a multi-year exercise in the making. December 2013. November 2013. September 2013. August 2013.