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Making the military prepared and resilient – logistics, supply-chains and problems within

Logistics in War

This is the second part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. It is the role of the military logistician to govern the network of this lifeblood, for it determines how a force deploys, moves, and changes its scale and scope of tasks. Part one can be found here.

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Toilet paper and total war – the psychology of shortages and what it means for resilience

Logistics in War

Lessons can come from extrapolating what we witness every day; from events that capture tangible and intangible aspects of sustaining normal life. The impact of this turbulence on essentially fragile national logistics, commerce and industry capability is starkly evident and has forced the nation to consider its national resilience.

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COVID Has Fundamentally Changed the Profession of Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

The toilet paper shortage was one of the COVID era events that taught people what the term “supply chain management” meant. In warehouses, for example, one solution is labor management. Multinationals knew that events could occur that could cost them tens, or hundreds of millions of dollars. They are not.

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Where the Next Conflict Could Be and How It Could Affect Your Shipments

MTS Logistics

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was the main guest at the event and had a different threat in mind. One major example is semiconductors. With the conflicts in the Middle East and the possibility of military disruption in the Taiwan Strait, it’s likely the risk level will soon increase further.

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

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Machine learning also makes it possible to make more granular forecasts – for example, instead of forecasting demand for the company’s products in the Eastern Region of the U.S., Instead of monthly forecasts, for example, a weekly forecast can improve agility. forecasting product sales at 10,000 stores. This sounds obvious.

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Underwriting preparedness – considering the logistics of the future preparedness system

Logistics in War

One of the fundamental questions to answer when preparing a military for war is ‘are the capabilities on hand prepared for X?’ What is less easy to treat is the logistics system which underpins the generation of capability. It has to be considered, and considered deeply, as the Australian Army thinks about its preparedness.