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Time for a Supply Chain Reserve Corps

10xLogistics

We heard the Governor of NY today in his press conference say that the states are basically bidding against each other to get needed (and scarce) health care supplies. You have a permanent "active" force and you have a large "reserve" force which can be called up and which actively practices, trains. and stays functional.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

The combat force becomes a ‘one-shot wonder’ with little in reserve or in the training pipeline. For a long war, a larger and more costly logistic system needs to be built up, a training system maintained while combat is underway and sufficient trained personnel held in reserve to allow rotations into theatre.’.

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Go for Growth! Our worldwide team gathered on Zlatibor Mountain

Log-hub

Conference rooms, late nights under the sky full of stars, boats, or mountain tops – no place was out of limits when it came to brainstorming and sharing amazing ideas among the team members. We finished this unforgettable time on Zlatibor mountain with group games and exercise, strengthening the team spirit.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

The combat force becomes a ‘one-shot wonder’ with little in reserve or in the training pipeline. For a long war, a larger and more costly logistic system needs to be built up, a training system maintained while combat is underway and sufficient trained personnel held in reserve to allow rotations into theatre.’.

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6 Practical Supply Chain Education Tools for Employers

Logistics Bureau

You can always use testing (as a condition of issuing the reading material) or some similar exercise based on the books your employees receive, to ensure they use the material to further their own supply chain education. The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management: Understanding the Supply Chain, by Alan Rushton et al.

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Tyranny of the Easy Button: Finding Balance Between Contract & Organic Logistics

Logistics in War

The third in a series of posts relevant for senior logisticians as they consider the future at the Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. Furthermore, with contractor utilization becoming more commonplace on the battlefield, commanders began expecting similar support at home during exercises. By Jessica McCarthy.

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Acing the drone obstacle course

World Food Programme Logistics

Photo: WFP/Elizabeth Millership In less than 30 minutes, the group has been briefed on safety, given an overview of the training, divided into four groups. The buzz of only four drones, like a swarm of flies, drifts into the conference room. Adam Marlatt surveys the ‘mouth of the poisonous caterpillar’ before the exercise begins.

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