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Building a better prepared Australian Defence Force after the Defence Strategic Review – supply-chains and logistics and the way in which both improve military resilience

Logistics in War

This is the third and final part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. Supply chain resilience is, of course, a part of this narrative – as we are reminder every time we hear about guided-weapons or military fuels. There are risks within this acceleration.

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Surviving your time as a military logistician

Logistics in War

– With the Australian & New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference in one week, LIW will revisit several recent posts on logistics at the strategic (and enterprise) level, or within joint organisations. . The delivery of military logistics support is not achieved without the expenditure of resources – time, people, money, etc.

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Meet the 2022 WorkWave Beyond Service User Conference Sponsors!

WorkWave

The WorkWave team is growing, so it’s only appropriate that the 2022 Beyond Service User Conference be our biggest and best event ever! Of course, we wouldn’t be able to make this next-level event a reality without the help of our incredible sponsors, who include some of the leading names across field service. Time To Read: 6 minutes.

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The water in the well – how much readiness is enough?

Logistics in War

One of Martin Van Creveld’s most contentious, and subsequently debated, themes of Supplying War related to the persistent inability, if not unwillingness, of various militaries to adequately structure and prepare themselves for the rigours of sustained combat. Western militaries are waking to these problems. By David Beaumont.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

The jobs reduction will save $1 billion this year, Tomé said on an earnings conference call with analysts on Tuesday. cities over the course of the year, bringing the total number to 110. technology from helping China’s military. The shares fell as much as 7.6 percent in early U.S.

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How did we get here? Building the Defence logistician – Part One

Logistics in War

This transcript is the first half of a speech given at the 2018 Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. Are we talking about military staff only, does the definition include acquisition specialists, what about health professionals, and are we interested in Service logisticians operating at the tactical level?

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

The American and Canadian militaries believe that the balloon was for surveillance, while the Chinese government said it was a civilian meteorological research airship that had blown off course. Now that the SU military has retrieved the wreckage, new details are emerging.