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For Veterans Day, DB Schenker Salutes Team Members Who Served in the Military

Now, That's Logistics

DB Schenker honors all of its team members who served in the military, including nine that shared their career, service and life stories with us this Veterans Day. DB Schenker salutes all of the team members who served in the military. DB Schenker salutes all of the team members who served in the military.

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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

Breakbulk Americas , is the region’s largest trade event for the project cargo and breakbulk industry. This event will feature over 200 exhibitors, showcasing innovative solutions to aid industry progress globally and foster high-value deals among ocean carriers, ports, logistics providers, road transportation, export packers and many more.

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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

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. Force posture is underpinned by supply chains, distribution and the technical systems – military and civilian – that ensure that the right ‘stuff’ gets to the right location.

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The History of eCommerce: From the 1960s to the 2020s

Ship Monk

Towards the tail end of the ‘60s, three key events happened in quick succession: In 1968, The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) commissioned the world’s first routers. In 1969, the military developed ARPANET to ensure that critical lines of communication would be maintained in the event of a nuclear attack.

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Industry integration – a new approach and attitude to Army logistics

Logistics in War

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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Call for submissions: #Selfsustain and High-Intensity Operations

Logistics in War

Definitive answers are unlikely – but perhaps a better idea of the critical questions that must be explored will begin to emerge. We welcome contributions leading up to the seminar to help shape the discussion, but we are also keen to read about how the seminar shaped attendees’ thinking after the event.

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Associate’s Military Career Began with a Call to Serve

Penske Move Ahead

In her role as a military police officer, it was her job to protect the base, its people and equipment from harm. The reason I joined the Air Force Reserves as a military police officer was because I wanted to help people.". Honoring the Call to Serve Growing up, Barrett heard retellings of her family's military service.