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Building on bedrock or sinking into quicksand – a report on Sustaining Self-Reliance

Logistics in War

. ‘Supply chain security continues to occupy our minds as we intermingle our desire for national prosperity through global trade with our desire to prevent the loss of native capacity to build military capability, mobilise and sustain operations. War won’t always begin when the first shots are fired.’

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What’s Driving the Increase in Transportation Management Technology Spend?

Talking Logistics

DC Velocity and Descartes have conducted a transportation benchmark study for the last two years to help transportation professionals understand what is driving the market, and how the strategy and tactics of top performers differ from the rest of the pack. Directly opposing macroeconomic trends. Hot competition, economies and costs.

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Realising the sustainable joint land force

Logistics in War

I was fortunate to be invited to present on the Australian Army’s approach to logistics transformation and development at a recent Australian Army Research Centre (AARC) Seminar. The AARC Seminar, Realising the sustainable joint land force , concludes with a proposed strategy for the transformation of Army logistics.

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World Cup 2018 – Transport Planning Challenge & Strategy

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Bovy, as part of a training seminar for the organization of the event. FIFA 2018 World Cup transport planning challenges and strategy. This involves in particular: Improvement of the Airport temporary capacity : high flow of arrivals at the same moment. National Event vs. City Event.

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5th-generation energy for 5th-generation air power

Logistics in War

Editorial Note: On 11 April 2019, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar examining high-intensity operations and sustaining self-reliance. In support of the seminar, The Central Blue and Logistics in War will be publishing a series of articles.

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One hundred logisticians, one bullet and designing the future logistics system

Logistics in War

All logisticians are stewards of components of the process; some leaders have greater responsibility, authority or virtue of appointment, or personal capacity and drive to shape events and activities to suit temporary objectives. Efficiency must be an outcome of a well-designed strategy, and not just the planning outcome desired.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

Supply chains are ‘strangling strategy’, with the movement of commodities so significant an issue that logistics is securitising. [1] Of all the ‘pillars’ of the national support strategy, the most consequential was the issue of mobilisation.

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