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Drones to the rescue as Cyclone Desmond storms Mozambique

World Food Programme Logistics

These new skills are the result of multiple training opportunities led by WFP on how to fly, map, and coordinate with UAS. A few months earlier, in September 2018, the same government staff who directed drones over Beira this week stood in a field in Madagascar with a remote control in their hands, practising their piloting skills.

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Three solutions against climate change, simply explained

World Food Programme Logistics

How to tackle climate change? Proactive instead of reactive: forecast-based financing Humanitarian aid is no exception: the earlier a risk is responded to, the better and more efficient the response is. saves up to four US Dollars in humanitarian aid after a disaster.

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Stuck on the wrong side of the world but still needing to deliver food to people in Ethiopia 5,000…

World Food Programme Logistics

So, I’m using my personal one now and learning how to scan documents on my phone and how to survive without being able to print anything, but perhaps I’m saving some trees in the process! Opportunities because I get to focus and work with myself when I am writing a strategy or documents.

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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

Another trend is learning how to deal with the avalanche of data that supply chain managers have at their fingertips. Peter Lukszys, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison): In terms of different logistics applications, we see a lot of interest in humanitarian aid logistics and the impact of logistics strategies on climate change.

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Meet Dina?—?on the front-line of responding to disasters in Indonesia

World Food Programme Logistics

We know our roles and other peoples roles and how to work together to reach our goals. My role is dealing with strategy and liaison. We know our roles and other peoples roles and how to work together to reach our goals. My role is dealing with strategy and liaison. In the Palu Operation, we had two officers.

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