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The WannaCry Cyberattack: Another Warning for Supply Chain Executives

Talking Logistics

Simply put, if you’re still running systems from 2001 (when Windows XP was first released) and have fallen behind on downloading patches and security updates, you’re playing with fire and have nobody but yourself to blame when disaster strikes.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. Magazine article) as a goliath looking to take on the entrenched "David" shipping industry. The first of 14 residential shipping container complexes now built in the UK is completed in 2001. . .

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

Logistics in War

The third in a series of posts relevant for senior logisticians as they consider the future at the Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. In this article, US Army logistician Jessica McCarthy examines a challenging, contemporaneous, issue for many Western militaries – how much contractor support is enough? .

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The Australian Defence Force and industry support to operations ? is it time for a new ?national support agenda??

Logistics in War

This is the final post from the LIW archives on strategic logistics and logistics challenges prior to the Australia & New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. This article was originally posted in 2017. By David Beaumont. 1] These paraphrased points are summarised at Fruhling, S.,

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“Intermodal Gives Shippers, 3PLs Relief from Tight Trucking Market” Jeff Heller, Norfolk Southern – Supply Chain 24/7

247 Customs Broker

During the Jump Start 2019 supply chain conference , Heller will speak on the “ Intermodal in the post-ELD world ” panel, explaining current concerns he’s hearing from shippers who have been impacted by tight capacity. Related Article: LTL Provider Roadrunner Freight Talks about Logistics Technology & Supply Chain Innovation. .

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

Logistics in War

The establishment of the Defence Materiel Organisation in 2001 saw the Division disbanded, with its functions reallocated across Defence. So too have a range of commentators, in an array of articles and across different media.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling and Logistics

NOTE: Ron Giuntini also participated in the roundtable, but his contribution on the servitization trend will appear in a separate article. . In the world of economics, articles abound regarding the controversial issue of whether in the future the U.S. Automation, Robots and AI. Trump Tariffs and their Impact on Supply Chains.