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What are supply chain professionals using to make network decisions? 

AIMMS

Only about 22% use network design software and 18% use network design software with embedded analytics among this group. . These quiz responses are fairly consistent with a 2017 survey by Lora Cecere’s Supply Chain Insights, which revealed that 65% of companies use spreadsheets for network design.

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What are supply chain professionals using to make network decisions? 

AIMMS

Only about 22% use network design software and 18% use network design software with embedded analytics among this group. . These quiz responses are fairly consistent with a 2017 survey by Lora Cecere’s Supply Chain Insights, which revealed that 65% of companies use spreadsheets for supply chain network design.

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Decision-forcing cases for logistics: practicing logisticians to overcome ‘wicked problems’

Logistics in War

Also known known as a ‘historical immersion problem,’ a decision-forcing case is an exercise in which participants take on the role of an actual person who, at some point in the past, was faced by a particularly challenging problem. The Road to Habbaniya’ is a two-problem exercise.

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The Australian Defence Force and industry support to operations ? is it time for a new ?national support agenda??

Logistics in War

Defence presently engages with industry through a multiple of channels, with key agents being the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG), Joint Logistics Command (JLC) and a variety of other groups, units, functions, including the Services, responsible for their own component of the logistics process.

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The Australian Defence Force and industry support to operations – is it time for a new ‘national support agenda’?

Logistics in War

Defence presently engages with industry through a multiple of channels, with key agents being the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG), Joint Logistics Command (JLC) and a variety of other groups, units, functions, including the Services, responsible for their own component of the logistics process.

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Continental commitment by African Governments to school feeding

World Food Programme Logistics

However, WFP, African Governments and other public and private sector stakeholders are the catalyst this agency to be exercised, hopefully helping to lay the foundation for communities where the youth of today can live and thrive as productive adults. African youth has the potential and agency to succeed.

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Against the odds

World Food Programme Logistics

In 2018, at least 117 aid workers were detained for prolonged periods by armed groups whilst more than 500 humanitarian workers were relocated due to insecurity. It had a leading role in 2017 and 2018 negotiating for 40 aid workers from other organizations to be released. The team was also part of rescue missions.