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This Week in Logistics News (April 16-19, 2018)

Talking Logistics

I am in Minnesota today, at the CSCMP Twin Cities Roundtable Annual ½ Day Seminar , where I am participating in a keynote session with Rick Blasgen (President & CEO of CSCMP) and Steve Raetz (Director Research & Market Intelligence at C.H. ’ XPO Logistics unveils voice tracking (Reuters).

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

Material Handling and Logistics

Our look at the Top 25 (plus 4) Supply Chains of 2018 examines how the best companies in the world excel at managing their global supply chains. So in 2018, McDonald’s joins Apple, Procter & Gamble and Amazon on a separate “Masters” list, as one of the “best-of-the-best.”. Printer-friendly version. Media Type. Media Credit.

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World Cup 2018 – Transport Planning Challenge & Strategy

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

As we are digging up into flow management during the Logistics class, I wondered myself about events that required a really complex organization and planning. And as it was a successful edition for the French Nation, I’ve decided to analyze the logistics that it needed. National Event vs. City Event. The Host Cities. Conclusion.

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Sustaining machines – logistics and autonomous systems

Logistics in War

This article is adapted from a presentation given at the Williams Foundation seminar on ‘Next Generation Autonomous Systems’ delivered in Canberra in April 2021. Part two discusses the ‘logistics of autonomy’. Automated and autonomy in logistics. We’ve had an automated logistics control network for decades.

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Call for submissions: #Selfsustain and High-Intensity Operations

Logistics in War

Logistics In War is proud to partner with the Sir Richard Williams Foundation team at The Central Blue in publishing a series examining high-intensity operations and sustaining self-reliance. . On 11 April 2018, the Foundation will be holding a seminar examining this topic.

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Network for Young Logistics Professionals to Launch at Multimodal

Logistics Business Magazine

The NextGen Logistics Network, a new community of young professionals in logistics and supply chain, is to be launched at Multimodal on the 3rd May 2018. The initiative aims to build a network for the next generation of logistics leaders. Nominations are still open for the Awards, which take place on the 1st May.

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Is logistics the ultimate conventional deterrent?

Logistics in War

This debate is being litigated through the Williams Foundation who are running a seminar on the topic during August 2018. . ‘The Central Blue’ – the Foundation’s online forum – has kindly published my contribution, an adaption of earlier work, on how logistics can act as a deterrent.