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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

Faculty members from some of the leading logistics education programs share their thoughts on how higher education is preparing tomorrow’s professionals for the challenges ahead. Q: What are the latest trends in logistics education, and how does your program address them? Georgia Southern supports this trend in several ways.

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Drones to the rescue as Cyclone Desmond storms Mozambique

World Food Programme Logistics

Training led by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Southern Africa region expand the options for emergency response Aerial assessment of Mozambique floods using drones, January 2019. These new skills are the result of multiple training opportunities led by WFP on how to fly, map, and coordinate with UAS.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. As the war rages on in Ukraine, more and more companies and countries are looking at ways they can help with massive humanitarian aid. The post This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. That’s all for this week.

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From civil engineering to civil conflict: Portrait of an aid boss

World Food Programme Logistics

World Food Programme (WFP) Director of Supply Chain Jakob Kern reflects on the challenges and triumphs of working in the world’s most heated crises A civil engineer, Jakob Kern has been on humanitarian assignments in Eritrea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Italy and Syria. On the opposite end of the Supply Chain chain, is retail.