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5 examples of the black swan theory

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Today we are going to find out what the black swan theory means, how it affects the economy and the society overall and several examples of how the black swan events have changed the words. Even though,the black swan events are often inappropriately rationalised after the fact with the benefit of hindsight.

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Logistics of Olympic Games

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

It seems to be great news, but almost every time, the cost of this exceptional logistics operations are underestimated, and the financial balance of the event isn’t achieved. We can only hope that this prevision is not overestimated and that a global event like this one can be organized in a responsible way.

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Toilet paper and total war – the psychology of shortages and what it means for resilience

Logistics in War

Lessons can come from extrapolating what we witness every day; from events that capture tangible and intangible aspects of sustaining normal life. A normally stable balance of supply and demand is upset by events, with consumer behaviour in panic-buying magnifying the problem. Australian consumers are fearful.

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Marketing Small Business Tips: 6 Tips to Improve Your Small Business 

GoShip Blog

billion monthly users , Facebook remains the biggest social media platform since its launch in 2004. Attend an event — or host one Although connecting with your client base on social media is fantastic, attending or hosting events allows you to interact face-to-face with existing customers and build relationships with new ones.

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Disaster Management & Logistics

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Table 1 : Number of recorder natural disaster events, all natural disasters. However, the most difficult to prevent and avoid are Rapid onset natural disasters, such as the gigantic Tsunami of 2004, in Japan, that caused many deaths. Table 2 : Number of Annual Deaths from natural disasters, by Decade. A few statistics about Disasters.

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

– Chief of Army LTGEN Peter Leahy, 2004 [1]. For example, it is widely accepted that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) had little logistics capacity to sustain a large second-rotation force after intervening in East Timor in 1999. Supplying War , 2 nd edition, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2004, p 236. [7]

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Applying History’s Lessons to New Resiliency Plans

CH Robinson Logistics

However, we saw similar supply chain outages associated with the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Japan’s earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. All these events caused major supply chain disruptions to some of the biggest brands in the world. Superstorm Sandy was uniquely catastrophic.