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Decision-forcing cases for logistics: practicing logisticians to overcome ‘wicked problems’

Logistics in War

Also known known as a ‘historical immersion problem,’ a decision-forcing case is an exercise in which participants take on the role of an actual person who, at some point in the past, was faced by a particularly challenging problem. The Road to Habbaniya’ is a two-problem exercise.

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5 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have serious doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. The company grew substantially over the course of two decades, with a considerable proportion of that growth achieved by way of acquisitions. Making Supply Chain Cost Reductions Stick.

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Reforming logistics training: themes, challenges and the quest for the ideal

Logistics in War

In a Transforming Army Logistics to support the Joint Land Force I argued that ‘logistics transformation must become the centrepiece around which the curriculum of logistics courses is based’ as Army considered its future requirements. [ii] iii] See Breen, B.,

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have severe doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. The company grew substantially over the course of two decades, achieving a considerable portion of that growth by way of acquisitions. Procurement analysis. Supplier communication.

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Battling a perfect storm

Automotive Logistics

Of course, one of the other big issues at this year’s summit in Baltimore was the potential impact of the Trump administration’s approach to trade, both in terms of the Nafta renegotiation with Canada and Mexico and further afield, with the continued threat of more tariffs on vehicle imports to the US and on US exports to markets including China.