Shipping and Freight Resource
APRIL 11, 2020
Under sections 80(1) (g) of the National Ports Act, 2005 (Act No. 12 of 2005) as of 18th March 2020 crew change is prohibited till further notice in all eight commercial ports in South Africa – Durban, Richards Bay, Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Saldanha Bay, Port Elizabeth, Ngqura and East London. Crew Change.
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.
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The Lean Thinker
AUGUST 31, 2022
These are some notes I wrote back in 2005 that I thought might be interesting here. Thus, focusing on implementing the tools of TPS (takt time, flow, pull, etc) outside of the immediate response and problem solving context is an exercise which expends energy and gains very little sustainable change.
World Food Programme Logistics
MARCH 6, 2020
Photo: WFP I joined the humanitarian world in 2005 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Let us exercise our greatest potential at any opportunity presented to us as that is how we get to inspire more women. “A Being a woman will mostly have no impact on the job and when you are the only woman in the room, own it, you belong there, they say.
Logistics Bureau
NOVEMBER 3, 2024
If your supply chain network design has not been under the microscope, and you care about business success, it’s probably time to consider the benefits of a design review and optimisation exercise. You may well find opportunities for savings and service improvements, perhaps enough to substantially improve the chances of business success.
GlobalTranz
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Examining what went right and identifying areas for growth and opportunity are powerful exercises that both prevent the recurrence of negative behaviors and reinforce our commitment to priorities. By comparison during the last major driver shortage in 2005, trucking had 20,000 open jobs. Would you have done something differently?
Logistics in War
JANUARY 23, 2019
4] Routine exercises and training can achieve high standards of preparedness, at least for a time. Military Preparedness , US War College, USA, 2005, p 1; available at [link]. [4] There comes a point, however, where human energy is consumed, machinery is run-down, supplies exhausted and the performance of units begins to drop. [5]
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