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Saudia Cargo Transports Formula-E Cars from Europe

Airfreight Logistics

Abdulrahman Al-Mubarak, Saudia Cargo’s Chief Commercial Officer, stated that “all Formula-E cars have successfully been transported, Saudia Cargo team exercised extreme care in the ground-handling operations, and coordinated the entire process with the organizers of the Championship.

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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

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. .” Most of these were small-scale tactical affairs. Fear had re-entered the equation.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might. All militaries enjoy large-scale exercises, simulations and desk-top analyses but very rarely do they focus upon the logistics process. I described the interplay between logistics and readiness.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might. All militaries enjoy large-scale exercises, simulations and desk-top analyses but very rarely do they focus upon the logistics process. I described the interplay between logistics and readiness.

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Gartner Releases Report on How to Secure Supply Chains Amidst the Coronavirus Outbreak

Logistics Manager

On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) learned of several cases of severe pneumonia in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The consequences of a pandemic event are hard to predict,” says Koray Köse, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner. This is the time to discover or develop alternative sources and diversify value chains.

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

4] Routine exercises and training can achieve high standards of preparedness, at least for a time. There is no guarantee that the architects of strategy will heed the results of planning as events outpace the products of industrious minds, or proclivities and politics prevail.

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Wilko Retail Driver Wins UK Forklift Operator of the Year Prize

Logistics Business Magazine

Firstly, as a complete engagement piece, demonstrating the relevance of all business members being involved in an event with national scope. Throughout the test exercises, the UniCarriers TX model counterbalance was used because it provides the pinnacle of safety in design for counterbalance trucks,” says Chris.