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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

In the meantime, we should study its strengths and weaknesses, and the how and why of its present design. Sometimes the best thing a preparing military might do is wait otherwise limit the use of its capabilities if it wants its technologies to be available when they are required. Time will tell how effective this organisation will be.

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S&OP in Agribusiness: How to Harvest the Benefits with Advanced Analytics

AIMMS

Raw material forecasting is difficult as climate conditions, pests and other natural factors impact its availability. Decision-making goes from a highly tedious and error-prone exercise to a process that combines computational intelligence with the business knowledge needed to analyze the optimizer’s results.

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Intelligent Automation, the Future of Supply Chain. Is the Logistics Industry Ready?

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According to a study conducted by IBM and National Retail Federation (NRF), the retail and consumer goods industry is designating intelligent automation, also known as artificial intelligence, as the future of supply chain. A large amount of data is used as the base for making strategies and taking decisions. What more is required?

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The five most popular ‘Logistics In War’ posts of 2017

Logistics in War

It is less important that military forces are available than they are actually employable. 3 – ‘Logistics and the strangling of strategy’ by David Beaumont. This post was one of a smaller number of posts which looked at logistics and its relationship to strategy. Posts you should read.

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S&OP in Agribusiness: How to Harvest the Benefits with Advanced Analytics

AIMMS

Raw material forecasting is difficult as climate conditions, pests and other natural factors impact its availability. Decision-making goes from a highly tedious and error-prone exercise to a process that combines computational intelligence with the business knowledge needed to analyze the optimizer’s results. – Tweet this.

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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians – Part 1

Logistics in War

Moreover, the factors and issues described here deal with the complexity of generating institutional strategy (as distinct from a military or operational strategy) and leadership within a complex environment. Realised strategy is usually a combination of what was intended and what was learned along the way. Strategic failure.

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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians

Logistics in War

Moreover, the factors and issues described here deal with the complexity of generating institutional strategy (as distinct from a military or operational strategy) and leadership within a complex environment. Realised strategy is usually a combination of what was intended and what was learned along the way. Strategic failure.