World Food Programme Logistics
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Photo: WFP/John Monibah Salayea, in Liberia’s Lofa County, is one of the towns that was hard hit by the violent conflicts that rocked the West African country between 1989 and 2003. The scars are still healing in the town of 5,500 inhabitants despite the vibrant youth population. Darkolon, chairperson of the Disabled People’s Association.
The Lean Thinker
OCTOBER 13, 2020
I was going through some old files and came across a pocket card we handed out back in 2003 or so. This exercise was inspired by a few of us who had experiences “ in the chalk circle ” especially with Japanese senseis who had been direct reports to Taiichi Ohno.
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World Food Programme Logistics
MARCH 19, 2020
South Sudan is among East African countries experiencing invasions on a scale not seen since 2003–2005 in West Africa A handful of locusts in county Magwi, South Sudan. Scaring off locusts in Magwi is a sadly futile exercise. This is the worst locust infestation since the swarms that hi t West Africa in 2003–2005.
Logistics Manager
MARCH 10, 2020
The challenge of globalization Although the outbreak is being compared to the 2003 SARS outbreak, China is now much more developed and integrated with the global economy, and the country has significantly improved its transportation networks. It is not a matter of if it will happen but to change the focus to be prepared when it happens.
The Lean Thinker
JULY 2, 2024
With the justification aside, they next had us go through exercises calculating net present value and ROI for a hypothetical capital investment in tooling – as though a shop floor supervisor would do this at any point in the course of their job. The 787 program had run years behind schedule and billions over budget.
Logistics in War
APRIL 20, 2018
Such public discussion tends to focus the military mind on modern tactics and technology, and gives cause to exercise new operational concepts. In 2017 there was much rhetoric, and undoubtedly planning, for significant military operations in the North Asian region. It also compels them to reassess the preparedness of forces.
Logistics in War
JANUARY 23, 2019
Similarly, a RAND report highlighted that while the US Army was nominally ready for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, there were real limits to the time in which high-intensity operations could be sustained – luckily, these limits were not tested.
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