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Drones to the rescue as Cyclone Desmond storms Mozambique

World Food Programme Logistics

These new skills are the result of multiple training opportunities led by WFP on how to fly, map, and coordinate with UAS. The gathered data charts informal settlements and elevation levels to recommend the safest, quickest relocation options in the event of an emergency. the “what” and the “why” of the data they are collecting.

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Three solutions against climate change, simply explained

World Food Programme Logistics

How to tackle climate change? These data lay the foundation for an exact planning of future aid programmes. In this camp for internally displaced people in Somalia, families are dependent on food aid. saves up to four US Dollars in humanitarian aid after a disaster.

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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

Another trend is learning how to deal with the avalanche of data that supply chain managers have at their fingertips. Data from barcodes, RFID tags, GPS systems, and the Internet of Things (IoT) mean that managers not only have to be good analysts, but they also have to be good at understanding the supply chain system instinctually.