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Changing lives in 30 countries during 2018 thanks to the Brazilian experience

World Food Programme Logistics

Photo: WFP/Isadora Ferreira Every year seems to be a big, huge year for the WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger, and 2018 was not different. We have carried out so many interesting activities that revisiting some of them and the results we achieved is worth the exercise. million children in the next five years. Zero Hunger.

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Industry View: Interview with EXCHAiNGE 2018 Speaker

Logistics Business Magazine

But a strategy requires much more than slide decks and statements of intent, right? Employees – and managers as well – are often busy trying to protect themselves or their accomplishments and areas of expertise, even in meetings. Meetings should be focused on finding solutions. 6th international supply chain meeting.

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The value of a moment – logistics and the acceleration of war

Logistics in War

1] Logistics might not be a competitor to strategy or tactics, but it most certainly helps determine ‘which side will have the most options available’; to seize advantage, if not define the way in which wars might be waged. [2] More than 2,500 soldiers were involved in the exercise conducted over three weeks. 1] Kane, T., 3] Kane, T.,

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Is logistics the ultimate conventional deterrent?

Logistics in War

The Royal Australian Air Force, now armed with the fifth-generation fighter and other impressive air capabilities guided by a wholesale transformation strategy – Plan Jericho, has recently debated the need for a joint strike capability. Logistics and strategy are inseparable, each meaningless without the other.

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The value of a moment – logistics and the acceleration of war

Logistics in War

1] Logistics might not be a competitor to strategy or tactics, but it most certainly helps determine ‘which side will have the most options available’; to seize advantage, if not define the way in which wars might be waged. [2] More than 2,500 soldiers were involved in the exercise conducted over three weeks. 1] Kane, T., 3] Kane, T.,

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Against the odds

World Food Programme Logistics

million people and supply and distribute US$29 million in cash for food assistance in 2018? This includes identifying risks and obstacles and devising strategies to overcome them together with other strategic units such as Security, Emergency and Logistics.” So how did WFP deliver 320,000 metric tons of food to 5.3 But, that’s not all.

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

Logistics in War

This article was originally prepared in collaboration with ‘ Over The Horizon: Multi-domain operations and strategies’ , a blog which asks the question , ‘what comes after the Joint and inter-agency constructs?’ Unfortunately, these challenges are precisely the point of exercise training. How We Got Here. Rules Creep.