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Tyranny of the Easy Button: Finding Balance Between Contract & Organic Logistics

Logistics in War

Furthermore, with contractor utilization becoming more commonplace on the battlefield, commanders began expecting similar support at home during exercises. During large-scale military exercises, it is typically less labour intensive for the military to outsource things like field feeding, lodging, and transportation of equipment.

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Supply chain trends to watch out for in 2023

Logistics Business Magazine

Historically, this product ‘footprinting’ exercise was both tedious and expensive. With the help of AI technologies, most companies are becoming knowledge-based organisations that are tapping into a highly constrained pool of knowledge workers. Companies can say, “We’ll just buy it from Nielsen”.