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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. I just have to figure out what to do during the other half of the day. Have a happy weekend!

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5th-generation energy for 5th-generation air power

Logistics in War

Editorial Note: On 11 April 2019, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar examining high-intensity operations and sustaining self-reliance. In support of the seminar, The Central Blue and Logistics in War will be publishing a series of articles.

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BIFA supports National Careers Week

Logistics Business Magazine

For BIFA, the week will commence with an online seminar entitled ’10 Reasons To Consider A Career In Logistics’ at 13.00 He is passionate about the freight and logistics business, and his podcast brings together industry leaders to discuss the hot topics and trends in logistics. CET on 7th March. 00 GMT/15.00

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What’s Driving the Increase in Transportation Management Technology Spend?

Talking Logistics

The following are excerpts from the 2018 Transportation Management Benchmark Study that point to some of the most significant underlying reasons why and who will benefit the most. Directly opposing macroeconomic trends. The other top trend, however, that is going to make the situation worse — e-commerce.

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The Best Supply Chain Conferences of 2019

GlobalTranz

[WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. The conference brings together supply chain solution providers, up to 950 of them, and offers 100+ show floor seminars to enhance operations. For 2018, the conference focused on introducing the concept of “Push Possible.”

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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. . 1] US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint concept for integrated campaigning , March 2018, [link] , p 4, 7. [2] 2] See Cowen, D., The deadly life of logistics , University of Minnesota Press, USA, 2014. [3]

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

The 1997 Defence Efficiency Review (DER) , a review now commonly associated with an over-ambitious efficiency agenda which led to near disastrous levels of logistics hollowness in an ADF on the cusp of twenty years of continuous operations, was a catalyst which brought a conceptual trend to reality. 1] Beaumont, D., 2] Beaumont, D.,