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A Lean Leadership Pocket Card

The Lean Thinker

The fundamentals are based on the “Rules-in-Use” from Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System , a landmark HBR article by Steve Spear and H. The article, in turn, summarizes (and slightly updates) Spear’s findings from his PhD work studying Toyota. It is the direction that matters, not the reminders.

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The ‘So What’ of my experiences in East Timor – Reflections on East Timor by a Logistics Unit Commander Part 4

Logistics in War

Editor’s note – this article continues with the experiences of the then Commanding Officer, 10th Force Support Battalion (10 FSB), deploying to East Timor (now Timor Leste) as part of the INTERFET operation. Training. And this is more than the biennial Exercise Talisman Sabre. Cost-capture. Mortuary Affairs. Recognition.

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Urban Logistics: How to Master the Megacity Challenge

Sabinext

In my last article of 2018, “ Which Trends Will Change the Rules of Logistics in 2019? ”, I talked briefly about urban logistics and megacities. I want to dedicate my first article of the year to take a closer look at the specific consequences of urbanization and how they can be approached. Asset pooling solutions.

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Swinging into action – reflections on East Timor by a logistics Unit Commander Part Three

Logistics in War

Editor’s note – this article continues with the experiences of the then Commanding Officer, 10th Force Support Battalion (10 FSB), deploying to East Timor (now Timor Leste) as part of the INTERFET operation. I arrived a couple of days after D-Day with a recon group late in the afternoon and the following day set about siting the unit.

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Planning to sustain the force – Reflections on East Timor by a Logistics Unit Commander Part Two

Logistics in War

Editor’s note – this article continues with the experiences of the then Commanding Officer, 10th Force Support Battalion (10 FSB), deploying to East Timor (now Timor Leste) as part of the INTERFET operation. . This would not be like a month-long exercise in the local training area.

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Is logistics the ultimate conventional deterrent?

Logistics in War

1] Now these same Western militaries recognise they must act in times other than in armed c onflict, offsetting the strengths of other nations or groups who have a very different interpretation of what defines war. This article is an adaption of ‘ Defining-strategic competition – when logistics becomes a strategic weapon ’ posted April 2018.

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6 Benefits of Applying Useable Data in Logistics For Continuous Improvement

GlobalTranz

Overused and misunderstood in blog posts and informative articles, “big data” describes the use of data to improve your operation, which includes shipping, warehousing, and supply chain processes. However, you must exercise caution to make sure you do not damage your vendor-shipper relationship.

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