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Highlights from the BGSA Conference with Ben Gordon

The Logistics of Logistics

Ben Gordon, is the Founder of Cambridge Capital (private equity), BGSA (advice), and the Ukraine Logistics Coalition (humanitarian aid) About Ben Gordon Benjamin Gordon is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cambridge Capital. He draws on a career building, advising, and investing in supply chain companies.

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Toyota donates forklift to aid Ukraine

Logistics Business Magazine

Boxes of Hope, a humanitarian aid charity that was established to send food, clothing, medicine and other essential items to the people of Ukraine following the country’s invasion by Russia, has taken delivery of a vinyl-wrapped forklift truck donated free-of-charge by Toyota Material Handling (TMH) UK Ltd. The forklift – a 2.5

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Clarity in a Dangerous World with Ben Gordon

The Logistics of Logistics

Ben is the Founder of Cambridge Capital (private equity), BGSA (M&A advice), and the Logistics Coalition (humanitarian aid). Cambridge Capital leverages BGSA’s unique approach to strategy-led investment banking for the supply chain. Ben Gordon and Joe Lynch discuss getting Clarity in a Dangerous World.

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Three solutions against climate change, simply explained

World Food Programme Logistics

Proactive instead of reactive: forecast-based financing Humanitarian aid is no exception: the earlier a risk is responded to, the better and more efficient the response is. saves up to four US Dollars in humanitarian aid after a disaster. Climate disaster preparedness is highly effective and impactful.

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Stuck on the wrong side of the world but still needing to deliver food to people in Ethiopia 5,000…

World Food Programme Logistics

My job entails the day-to-day running of the office, coordinating with UNHCR, nutrition partners, government counterparts, and overseeing a variety of operations like food distributions for refugees and livelihood assistance like crop production, livestock, fisheries, backyard gardening, bee keeping and banana cultivation.

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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

Peter Lukszys, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison): In terms of different logistics applications, we see a lot of interest in humanitarian aid logistics and the impact of logistics strategies on climate change. Chen: In my view, supply chain management is about coming up with strategies and putting things to work.

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Lessons for dealing with COVID-19 from WFP’s response to Ebola

World Food Programme Logistics

Food rations distribution point for ‘contacts’?—?people Guided by the pillars of Care, Protect and Contain, “WFP distributed food and non-food items so people wouldn’t fall into extreme food insecurity,” says Aboubacar. Aboubacar says that information-gathering was key to creating a winning strategy.