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The Year in Logistics: Most Popular Articles from 2020

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier this week, the death toll from the Wuhan coronavirus rose to over 1,000 people, invoking memories of the 2003 SARS outbreak. Today is day two of the HighJump Elevate user conference. One group that found the approach disappointing is retailers. HighJump is Rebranding as Körber Supply Chain ; Clint Reiser.

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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. This conference convened to discuss supply chain resilience at a time of strategic competition. By David Beaumont. Part one can be found here. Supply chains move and flex where demand exists.

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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. Each agency or group has its own objectives and requirements, and the approach is demonstrably fragmented. By David Beaumont.

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Drones to the rescue as Cyclone Desmond storms Mozambique

World Food Programme Logistics

Since 2003, the WFP-managed United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) has provided air transport to humanitarian organizations, and developed the safety protocols and long-standing agreements with local aviation authorities that are an essential part of the process.

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55 Supply Chain & Logistics Experts You Should Follow on Social

The Logistics of Logistics

As a leading supply chain innovator and consultant with more than 20 years in the industry, Lisa is also a sought-after logistics conference speaker and a renowned author who has appeared in media outlets like the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, and CEO Magazine. . economic forecaster of the year in both 2003 and 2014. . Ben Gordon.

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Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt Receives Sustainability Award at Clean50 Summit in Toronto

Freightera

Eric Beckwitt was born in California but had to flee with the family in 2003 to save his son, who suffered severe asthma in the Sierra Nevada foothills where the Beckwitt family lived. It is Freightera’s company mission and also Eric’s personal mission. Over 8,000 manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers in the U.S.

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

Material Handling and Logistics

In recent years, firms both large and small have launched new “Data Science” or similarly named groups. I personally know of several Fortune 500 firms today that have large internal data science groups which literally did not exist five years ago. Be part of the technological advances sweeping the SCM world—a don’t resist them.