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Tyranny of the Easy Button: Finding Balance Between Contract & Organic Logistics

Logistics in War

The question is how to determine the right mix of forces and contracted support to complete a mission in the most effective and efficient manner. Today’s military sustainers must have a strategic eye for what future battlefields will look like and how to shape and develop their force to meet the demand. Conclusion.

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Smart Lagos: Status, prospects and opportunities

247 Customs Broker

With a gross domestic product (GDP) of about US$136bn in 2017, the city is already acclaimed to have the seventh-largest GDP in Africa. So did Google’s chief executive Sundar Pichal in July 2017. In May 2017, they started the installation of free wifi infrastructure across the city.

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6 Supply Chain Trends That Could Truly Shake You Up (2018 Update)

Logistics Bureau

Tomes have been written about how to break down organisational silos, but translating the theory into reality is a task in which success seems evasive for many who try. As it is, even Amazon’s full potential is stifled by the existence of silos, as revealed in a Wall Street Journal report in 2017.