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The five most popular ‘Logistics In War’ posts of 2017

Logistics in War

With 2017 drawing to a close, I am proud to present the five most read articles of the year. Implicit in this is shared trust, a factor emphasised in this years most popular post … Most popular post for 2017 – ‘The trust deficit – why do we expect logistics to fail us?’ By David Beaumont.

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Where Does Supply Chain Design End and Planning Begin? (Takeaways from LLamasoft’s SummerCon 2017 Conference)

Talking Logistics

The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise. What would this “next generation solution” be? Overall, the sessions were all very insightful and informative.

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

Logistics in War

A military logistician is a study in contrasts. 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. A link to his site can be found here.

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Port of Dunkirk Makes Progress with Ambitious Expansion Plan

Logistics Business Magazine

The Port of Dunkirk has reiterated its commitment to the ambitious CAP 2020 project, following positive feedback to a public consultation exercise. As France’s foremost multimodal port, Dunkerque-Port is steadily strengthening its position with a constantly-growing share of road-alternative transport modes (52% in 2017).

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NY-NJ lays ground for 18,000-TEU ships

247 Customs Broker

The work includes a study of whether the port in the future should develop more container handling capacity outside the Bayonne Bridge, to avoid growing vessel congestion on the channel, the Kill Van Kull, that leads to four of the port’s five main terminals. percent in 2017, when the port handled 4.77 percent to 3.77

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Gartner Announces Rankings of the 2018 Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25

247 Customs Broker

Three-Year Weighted ROA (2015 to 2017) 1. One-Year, End-of-Year Inventory Turns (2017) 2. Watson Health 15 Top Health Systems Study 4. “Building a leading supply chain in healthcare is a very deliberate exercise that takes years of effort and lots of resources,” he said. 2018 Ranking. Company Name.

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

Logistics in War

I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants through the course of academic research in 2017. The control of logistics resources, especially in capability development, is influenced significantly by the desire to attain and exercise power within the institution.