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Logistics Contractors and strategic logistics advantage in US military operations

Logistics in War

iii] The deliberate divestment of military logistic capabilities has necessitated that the US use contracted and host nation support for a number of logistic related services in combat operations. Contractors enable combat forces to concentrate on core military activities and focus on the development of warfighting capabilities. [x]

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

Supply chains are ‘strangling strategy’, with the movement of commodities so significant an issue that logistics is securitising. [1] 2] The integration between military and civilian sources of logistics and support are now extolled as underpinning the ADF’s ability to respond to crises in the future. [3].

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Supply Chain Trends for 2022: Answers to Your Top Questions

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Truckload Market Trends to Watch in 2022

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Unrest in the Red Sea: Houthi Strikes and International Political Shifts

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7 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends to Watch in 2018

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It’s that time when idle chatter at the office Christmas lunch turns to debating what next year will bring, especially among logistics and supply chain professionals, for whom it seems every New Year brings new challenges, trends, and disruptive innovations. The 7 Trends for Supply Chain Pros to Watch in 2018.

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Is logistics the ultimate conventional deterrent?

Logistics in War

The Royal Australian Air Force, now armed with the fifth-generation fighter and other impressive air capabilities guided by a wholesale transformation strategy – Plan Jericho, has recently debated the need for a joint strike capability. Logistics and strategy are inseparable, each meaningless without the other. By David Beaumont.