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Committing to preparedness, and the balance between ‘all of it’ and ‘just enough’

Logistics in War

This series on logistics and preparedness aimed to allow for a gross calibration of the truth; before concluding the series with a few thoughts on major shortcomings in preparing militaries for their operations, let’s recap the previous posts. ‘ Militaries must get the force balance right – and the ‘tooth to tail’ ratio is important.

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What is Fleet Management | A Complete Overview Guide

Conger

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. Route planning is another strategy that reduces mileage and fuel consumption while boosting productivity.

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7 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends to Watch in 2018

Logistics Bureau

Ask questions later” approach to multi-channel and omnichannel strategies in their haste to avoid losing sales to ecommerce giants like Amazon. The greater availability of app-development tools for popular enterprise platforms such as SAP. In many cases, supplying companies have taken an “Implement first.

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Positive Human-Robot Relationships Will Power the Future Supply Chain Workforce

247 Customs Broker

For centuries, hand tools helped humans build dwellings, clothing, food containers and vehicles. The introduction of power tools then made it possible to complete this work much more quickly and with a lot less effort. December 3, 2018 ·. By Richard E. Robots Adding Another Level of Automation. Download Now! More Resources from APICS.

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

Talking Logistics

I’ll begin with several high-level trends and factors that will impact supply chain and logistics strategies and operations in the coming year: Free Trade Agreements : “The U.S., North Korea : The more missiles North Korea launches and tests, the greater the risk for military conflict — or worse.