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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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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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How much stuff is enough?

Logistics in War

Consequently, I read with fascinated interest David Beaumont’s recent post “ Toilet Paper and Total War ”, which unfortunately also refreshed a number of other instances in recent history where competition for limited resources to support military activities led to a series of unintended consequences.

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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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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.

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7 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends to Watch in 2018

Logistics Bureau

Of course this also means that cost-to-serve (CTS) analysis becomes more complex in an omnichannel environment, but that won’t stop companies from homing in on CTS and other detailed cost evaluations. The greater availability of app-development tools for popular enterprise platforms such as SAP.

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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. Controlling Costs Cost-controlling mechanisms provide businesses with required tools and insights to manage and reduce costs.