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Committing to preparedness, and the balance between ‘all of it’ and ‘just enough’

Logistics in War

This series on logistics and preparedness aimed to allow for a gross calibration of the truth; before concluding the series with a few thoughts on major shortcomings in preparing militaries for their operations, let’s recap the previous posts. ‘ Militaries must get the force balance right – and the ‘tooth to tail’ ratio is important.

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New TSC Printronix mobile printer available across EMEA

Logistics Business Magazine

Built for durability, it has an IP54 rating and meets MIL-STD-810 military standards. The Alpha-30R boasts sophisticated features like smart battery status and auto-detection of poor printhead dots, which can be effortlessly and remotely managed in SOTI Connect or TSC Console printer management tools. It can withstand 2.5m

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National support now – how Defence might prepare the national support base for a future war – Part Two

Logistics in War

National support gives the self-evident notion that the national support base is intrinsic to the conduct of military operations coherency. A national support concept was created in the 1990s to show how the ADF and Defence writ large would, in theory, see the national support base better integrated into the conduct of military operations.

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

A CEO, for example, who has told Wall Street they will grow by 7% in the coming quarter, and then looks at a demand forecast in a business planning meeting that shows lower growth, might be tempted to pressure the demand team to up the forecast. This sounds obvious. Sadly it is not. and examine how those actions would affect the forecast.

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National support now – how Defence might prepare the national support base for a future war – Part Two

Logistics in War

National support gives the self-evident notion that the national support base is intrinsic to the conduct of military operations coherency. A national support concept was created in the 1990s to show how the ADF and Defence writ large would, in theory, see the national support base better integrated into the conduct of military operations.

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Intelligent Label Printing for Enterprise Professionals

Logistics Business Magazine

Due to their rugged design, the printers meet military-grade standards for drop and vehicle vibration. These details can be reported and managed from any remote access point using SOTI Connect, as well as TSC very own remote management tool TSC Console. Both have been rigorously tested to withstand a 1-meter tumble and 1.8-meter

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TSC Printronix launches first mobile RFID printer

Logistics Business Magazine

Its solid design meets military standards MIL-STD-810G for fall and vehicle vibrations. Users can, however, opt for a protective cover for harsher environments such as outdoors and this would enable the device to withstand falls from 2.5m. The Alpha-40L RFID’s rechargeable 7.4V

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