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Learning to live in a logistician’s world – strategic logistics and the future of military resilience

Logistics in War

There is little doubt that the topics of logistics and supply-chain resilience court conversations beyond that of military logistics communities. For us in the southern hemisphere of this dangerous world, conflict in Europe nor the aftereffects of the pandemic are but the start of our military logistics problems. By David Beaumont.

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Analysis

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billion) purchase of Logicor, Blackstone Group LP’s European logistics business. Now, almost anything is fair game: Last year, CFIUS nearly blocked the sale of Biotest AG, a German blood-plasma supplier, to Chinese investor Creat Group Corp., military, and those contracts have end-of-life goals, or a clear timeline toward obsolescence.

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Nobel Peace Prize: Mapping app enables WFP to navigate conflict and climate shocks in Afghanistan

World Food Programme Logistics

The tool has been instrumental in supporting operations and access negotiations in Afghanistan,” says Robert Kasca, acting Country Director for WFP in Afghanistan. “In In today’s highly complex operations theatre, we cannot imagine working without modern mapping tools anymore.” It marks a move away from military escorts?—?which

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What is Fleet Management | A Complete Overview Guide

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Here are the new trends in technologies that continue to impact fleet management practices: Autonomous vehicles : I am sure you have already seen autonomous vehicles used in military applications or niche logistics. Controlling Costs Cost-controlling mechanisms provide businesses with required tools and insights to manage and reduce costs.

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Sorry, I’m Not Sure: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2018

Talking Logistics

North Korea : The more missiles North Korea launches and tests, the greater the risk for military conflict — or worse. On December 17, Newsweek reported that “The United States Military has conducted joint training operations with South Korean forces to practice removing nuclear weapons from North Korea in the event of war.”