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COVID Has Fundamentally Changed the Profession of Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

In warehouses, for example, one solution is labor management. Labor management systems break the work down into very granular activities, set targets for doing those tasks in an allotted period of time, and measure how workers do against the time standards over the course of the day. Others burned out and left the profession.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. When capability and attitude are misaligned, and where understanding is deficient, it is inevitable that the investment of time, effort and resources into military readiness is wasted.

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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. Retailers in the U.S.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. When capability and attitude are misaligned, and where understanding is deficient, it is inevitable that the investment of time, effort and resources into military readiness is wasted.

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The debris of an organisation – thinking about how the ADF recovers from the first losses of war: Part One

Logistics in War

It is in the light of these facts that the commander expects to shape his course during the supervision of the planned action.’ [1]. From Sound Military Decision , United States Naval College, 1942. Wars are usually longer than expected and are rarely fought in accordance with the plans made by military planners at their outset.

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The End of Sears Should Be Mourned by The Supply Chain Community

10xLogistics

But, of course, what I am describing is what Sears was literally doing 25 years ago. I personally always shopped at Sears as I was in the military so I moved a lot. The technology (inventory, scheduling final mile routing etc.) must be amazing!" They have no knowledge beyond what I have and in some cases, a lot less. Pure expertise.

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Thank a Veteran by Filling STEM Jobs

GlobalTranz

Whether you meet a you meet a retiree in the grocery store or a millennial on the disc golf course, thank them. They are stepping up their recruiting of new college grads, not just people with STEM degrees, and have focused on veterans who plan on leaving the military for private-sector STEM jobs. Do it on a daily basis.