Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Discussions about self-reliance or military interoperability, like many other conversations among defence planners, infrequently begin with a conversation on supplies, maintenance and repair, or other logistics functions or capabilities. It is, of course, prudent to be as self-reliant as practicable.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 9, 2018

But if you perform work as part of a supply chain, you know that the stakes are especially high. Given that you’re part of a network of providers, vendors, transporters and managers, the impact of just one weak link in the supply chain cybersecurity “chain of custody” can be significant. Download white paper.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 31, 2023

Napoleon Bonaparte, one of history’s greatest military strategists, revolutionized the world of warfare with his brilliant tactics and unmatched ambition. Napoleon’s logistical genius enabled him to sustain his armies across vast territories, ensuring their mobility, supply, and overall operational effectiveness.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The supply chain attack could have siphoned corporate secrets and government information while leaving few fingerprints. intelligence data, participate in a complex supply chain honed over decades. Every technologist and spy knows this global supply chain is necessary but also potentially vulnerable.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

While supply-chain fraud is nothing new, it continues to be a major challenge globally in 2022 as the ongoing pandemic and now the conflict in Eastern Europe continues to disrupt everything. Businesses have de-emphasised risk management for supply chains in their haste to find alternative supply sources.

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10xLogistics

APRIL 3, 2024

Time, of course, is your most valuable resource and that is completely fungible. Many of you know I served in the military and we called this the " Principle of The Concentration of Forces". Some may say "the resources are different so do both" but that is very rarely true.

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Penske Move Ahead

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Loren Robinson grew up listening to his uncles' and brothers' recollections of their military service – from World War II to Vietnam – knowing one day, he would continue his family's legacy of service. During his 26-year military career, Robinson would be assigned to Army installations across the U.S. The Army seemed the right fit.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s that time when idle chatter at the office Christmas lunch turns to debating what next year will bring, especially among logistics and supply chain professionals, for whom it seems every New Year brings new challenges, trends, and disruptive innovations. The 7 Trends for Supply Chain Pros to Watch in 2018.

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Penske Move Ahead

JULY 26, 2022

When military personnel conclude their service, they come away with skills and qualities that employers in the civilian world seek out to build their own successful team. At Penske, Military Recruiting Manager, Sean Wilkins constantly evaluates and updates Penske's military recruiting programs. “We

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Shipping and Freight Resource

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

AIS signals previously allowed companies and governments to assess activity levels in Chinese ports, which have been congested by supply chain snarls and pandemic controls in recent months. Earlier this month, China punished an unnamed non-governmental organization for collecting “sensitive” maritime data and sharing it abroad.

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10xLogistics

OCTOBER 21, 2018

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. So, while we all can sound smart about all the dumb things the modern leadership of Sears did we should not forget their logistics and supply chain expertise.

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Logistics in War

MAY 8, 2020

. ‘Logistics and autonomous systems – the promise of transformed logistics’ concluded that the prospective use of autonomous systems for military logistics was a matter of the imagination. Western militaries, including the Australian Defence Force (ADF), have been exploiting semi-autonomous systems for years.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

The truth, of course, lies somewhere in between. This series on logistics and preparedness aimed to allow for a gross calibration of the truth; before concluding the series with a few thoughts on major shortcomings in preparing militaries for their operations, let’s recap the previous posts. ‘ More on this later.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

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. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

cities over the course of the year, bringing the total number to 110. export regulations led to supply chain disruptions. technology from helping China’s military. technology from helping China’s military. Massachusetts-based Teradyne moved its production out after U.S.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 20, 2020

We believe that in a contested and competitive strategic environment, at a time where preparedness will differentiate a relevant military from one not so, true logistics interoperability will be a strategic strength. This understanding is of vital importance, as we are unsure where and when military power will be required.

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Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

In ‘Burning incense at a new altar’ and closing Logistics In War for 2017, I reflected on the state of interest in military logistics and why it was important to the profession of arms right now. More personnel – whether military or partners from industry – were engaged in sustaining battle than participating in front-line combat.

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FLS Transport

MAY 12, 2022

This week’s report covers safety improvements for commercial trucks, soaring diesel prices, port dockworker negotiations, fuel-saving technology for trucks, and the food supply chain providing hunger relief aid. PORT PARLEY | Shippers are anxious to see if negotiations will impact the supply chain.

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 30, 2020

We believe that in a contested and competitive strategic environment, at a time where preparedness will differentiate a relevant military from one not so, true logistics interoperability will be a strategic strength. This understanding is of vital importance, as we are unsure where and when military power will be required.

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 28, 2021

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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Shipping and Freight Resource

JULY 4, 2022

businesses and keep hard-won foreign markets accessible to California’s agricultural exporters by: Codifying the current preferences for military, Jones Act, and other US-flagged vessels in place at many major American ports. The jury is out on whether the Ocean Shipping Reform Act 2022 will address US supply chain disruptions or not.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In the two decades since the Australian deployment to East Timor as part of the International Force East Timor (INTERFET), much has been written about the operation predominantly from the national and military strategic perspectives. This…in small measures, contributes to contemporary military discussions and thinking.’ [2].

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Logistics is the stored potential of a military force, and industry is the battery from which energy is drawn. One military theorist compared logistics to a bridge between the national economy and the battlefield, one where raw materials, goods and services are shaped through relationships and processes to achieve military outcomes.

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Penske Move Ahead

MARCH 5, 2018

Cornelius, a Penske Truck Leasing maintenance technician and a diesel mechanic in the Mississippi Army National Guard, recently traded civilian life for military fatigues. From Motorcycles to Military. The military helped me choose my profession,” he said. Penske – A Military-Friendly Employer. How would he pay his bills?

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Logistics in War

APRIL 6, 2019

Consequently, energy security and supply is viewed through a ‘singular lens’; whereby the focus has been on discrete energy types with discrete global supply chains that are disparate, separately managed, and (most significantly) vulnerable.

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Penske Move Ahead

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

It was one of many projects Penske associates tackled at the Active Heroes Retreat Center for military families and veterans, located in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. times more likely to die by suicide than Americans who never served in the military. million for military families and helped create Active Heroes. Veterans are 1.5

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Turvo

JULY 2, 2020

The simple truth is that the modern idea of tracking and digital supply chains —seeing locations in real-time and following them through delivery—is another innovation in a long line of people asking, “when will it be here?” Of course, Ancient Egypt largely relied on slave labor to make this possible.

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Airfreight Logistics

JULY 4, 2019

DRT will also provide expertise and support for AHA Centre’s courses and exercises related to ASEAN-ERAT (Emergency Response and Assessment Team) and ASEAN Humanitarian Logistics. This includes unloading cargo planes, conducting professional warehousing and inventory management as well as loading the relief goods for onward transportation.

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Logistics Manager

JULY 4, 2019

DRT will also provide expertise and support for AHA Centre’s courses and exercises related to ASEAN-ERAT (Emergency Response and Assessment Team) and ASEAN Humanitarian Logistics. This includes unloading cargo planes, conducting professional warehousing and inventory management as well as loading the relief goods for onward transportation.

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Logistics in War

MAY 11, 2023

The paper, of course, covers a swathe of topics and concepts. Logistics is the connective tissue of force posture, ensuring the viability of forces by the timely (and time-dependant) provision of personnel, materiel, stores and supplies. This is, of course, a normal goal for logistics planners to have.

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 4, 2019

“In the two decades since the Australian deployment to East Timor as part of the International Force East Timor (INTERFET), much has been written about the operation predominantly from the national and military strategic perspectives. Supply chain management incorporating Joint Operations District. Cost-capture.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

We are in a paradigm that seeks to replace inventories with information – stock on hand versus a supply-chain responsiveness enabled by knowledge management. Joint courses, at the very least, offer an opportunity for logisticians of different backgrounds to learn to work together.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 21, 2018

Of course, we must accept that even our most general officers and public servants will have some areas of expertise. We are in a paradigm that seeks to replace inventories with information – stock on hand versus a supply-chain responsiveness enabled by knowledge management.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 6, 2018

But also: Why do they love supply chain management so much? I had worked in the British Army for about twenty years in several senior supply chain and logistics related roles. I decided to join the military high school. There’s the physical challenge aspect, of course. What makes them tick?

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 3, 2018

computers), has its “professional” roots in the military and in particular in the military of ancient Rome. ( [link] ). ( [link] ). Since the logistic corps is neither directly involved in fighting battles nor present on the frontline, it is sometimes smiled at by the other branches of the military, especially by the infantry.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

Bruce Chan , an air cargo institutional investment analyst with Stifel Capital Markets; Brandon Fried , president of the AirForwarders Association ; and Skip Dokken, a consultant with London-based Drewry Supply Chain Advisors. Of course, given that most cargo managed by forwarders moves on.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

No matter which military we are talking about, and as the now Chief of Defence Force remarked, successful logistics comes with the efforts of many. As a complex system, the processes and acts of sustaining and maintaining a military force can often take a life of their own. What are the risks if these ‘artefacts’ don’t exist?

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