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Learning to See in 2023

The Lean Thinker

ago titled Learning to See in 2013 *. That being said, I think the 2013 post has actually aged pretty well. I asked this question in the 2013 post: “Why are you doing this at all?” Pat’s comments on my last post reminded me of another post I had written a decade (!!!)

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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

As Dr Peter Layton wrote a very good summation of ‘balance’ for ASPI in 2013 ; ‘ The planned duration of a war is an important consideration, although it can be very different from the actual duration, as recent conflicts have amply demonstrated. 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

As Dr Peter Layton wrote a very good summation of ‘balance’ for ASPI in 2013 ; ‘ The planned duration of a war is an important consideration, although it can be very different from the actual duration, as recent conflicts have amply demonstrated. Rather than a ‘tooth to tail’, perhaps we really have an ‘arm and a spear’.

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Spanish authorities impose fines at Vigo

Automotive Logistics

Rulings already made by the EU’s Court of Justice specifically aim to prevent such agreements in Spanish ports, which have been ordered to allow free competition for all stevedoring services to break the monopolies exercised by port SAGEPS. The post Spanish authorities impose fines at Vigo appeared first on Automotive Logistics.

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

This exercise was done before the monthly planning cycle start. This exercise yield positive results, in terms of planning community getting their confidence back in APO system & overall solution, over a period of time. Posted by Pushkar Hemendra Gosavi on July 26, 2013 3:55 PM | Permalink. Rahul | July 31, 2013 8:43 AM.

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Humanitarians should never be a target but unfortunately they still are

World Food Programme Logistics

Including organizing simulation exercises so that they are better prepared for how to react should they ever find themselves in danger. This year alone nine humanitarian workers have been killed bringing the total to at least 122, since 2013. Humanitarians are not a target This is the second ambush on WFP convoy since 2018.The