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Acing the drone obstacle course

World Food Programme Logistics

Thirty participants from Civil Aviation, the Geospatial Information Institute, the National Meteorological Agency, Somali Regional State, and other government agencies arrive for the ‘Let’s Fly’ two-day workshop. They are now out of their chairs and onto the green, where they will spend 90% of the course time.

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Sustaining National Defence – logistics investment in the National Defence Strategy

Logistics in War

History cruelly reminds military planners, governments and nations that such opinions tend to ‘leave emperors without their clothes’. There are, of course, many other examples where assumptions had led to risks being accepted in advance of war, and preparedness failures occurred as a result.

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Logistics, preparedness and the Defence Strategic Review

Logistics in War

The paper, of course, covers a swathe of topics and concepts. There is an important emphasis on the ADF’s logistics capabilities, functions and concepts in National Defence – more than usual when compared to other Government policy documents of recent years. This is, of course, a normal goal for logistics planners to have.

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Continuing Education For Licensed Customs Brokers

MTS Logistics

partner government agencies (PGAs) will offer a variety of continuing education credits at no cost to customs brokers. Information on the accreditation process and details on courses offered by CBP and PGAs will be posted on the CBP website as they become available. CBP and U.S.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. Governance and logistics reliability and assurance frameworks which ensure strategic and tactical concepts are viable depend on this analysis.

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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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The Effects of Global Warming on Ocean Shipping

MTS Logistics

The erratic Arctic environment necessitates specialized navigation and infrastructure, forcing shipping companies to exercise caution when entering these uncharted territories. Severe weather conditions require flexibility and preparedness, prompting ships to change course or delay voyages to escape the force of nature.