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Contractor Chaos: Fixing the Last Mile’s Biggest Headache with Jon Doolen

The Logistics of Logistics

He is also a dedicated advocate for military veterans transitioning to civilian careers, reflecting his broader commitment to supporting personal and professional growth across diverse sectors. Army Quartermaster Corps veteran, founded Doolen Strategy Partners, bringing military discipline and leadership principles to his business.

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Looking to the Military Model to Improve Commercial Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Military operations have always had an urgency to their supply-line management, something that has not always been present in commerce.

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Sustaining machines – the logistics of autonomy in military organisations

Logistics in War

This article is adapted from a presentation given at the Williams Foundation seminar on ‘Next Generation Autonomous Systems’ delivered in Canberra in April 2021. Militaries using autonomous weapons will, if we are optimistic about the technology, necessarily look very different in twenty, thirty years in the future. By David Beaumont.

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Learning to live in a logistician’s world – strategic logistics and the future of military resilience

Logistics in War

This is the first part of a presentation given at the Australian New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. This conference convened to discuss supply chain resilience at a time of strategic competition. By David Beaumont.

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

Logistics in War

2] The integration between military and civilian sources of logistics and support are now extolled as underpinning the ADF’s ability to respond to crises in the future. [3]. This paper presents the exemplar concept of national support as an approach upon which a future civil-military relationship in Australia is based.

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Sustaining machines – logistics and autonomous systems

Logistics in War

This article is adapted from a presentation given at the Williams Foundation seminar on ‘Next Generation Autonomous Systems’ delivered in Canberra in April 2021. Automation offers military logisticians tremendous advantages and has to be a part of their future. By David Beaumont. Automated and autonomy in logistics.

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Learning to live in a logistician’s world – strategic logistics and the future of military resilience

Logistics in War

This is the first part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. There is little doubt that the topics of logistics and supply-chain resilience court conversations beyond that of military logistics communities. By David Beaumont.