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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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7 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends to Watch in 2018

Logistics Bureau

It’s that time when idle chatter at the office Christmas lunch turns to debating what next year will bring, especially among logistics and supply chain professionals, for whom it seems every New Year brings new challenges, trends, and disruptive innovations. The 7 Trends for Supply Chain Pros to Watch in 2018.

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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. Leverage technology for expense tracking and analysis: Using technology makes fleet expense monitoring easier.

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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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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.