Defence IQ Glossary: Supply Chain

The supply chain for defence markets is a critical one. A single point of failure can have repercussions far beyond a simple missed delivery.

Maj. Gen. Craig Crenshaw serves as the Commanding General, U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Command Albany, Georgia. He will be the visiting keynote at February’s International Defence Logistics 2017...

Defence ministries and major contractors would be at a loose end without vast global supply chains to provide the equipment needed to undertake operations in a timely, cost-effective manner. However,...

Rear Admiral Vincent Griffith is Director, DLA Logistics Operations (J3) at the Defense Logistics Agency. He is responsible for the end-to-end supply chain management of DLA’s nine supply chai...

The nature of warfare and how militaries prepare for it – along with their other strategic objectives, which include civil emergencies, assisting in humanitarian disaster relief, and protectin...

Militaries arguably need more support from industry and their supply chain than at any point over the last decade due to the uncertainty of future requirements, campaigns and operating environments. M...

Ahead of his briefing at Defence Logistics 2015, Brigadier General Dionigi Maria Loria, Director of Logistics at the Logistics Directorate of the EU Military Staff (European External Action Service),...

Colonel Chuck Mathê joined the Canadian Forces in June 1977. He was posted to 4 Service Battalion Lahr, Germany in 1988 where he served in Supply and Transport Company as a Transport (Heavy) Pla...

Defence IQ talks to Brigadier Alistair Deas on how the British Army train for logistics operations, what they’ve learned and how they will incorporate these learnings into future operations. Add...

It is said that effective afloat support is decisive in maintaining the wide spectre of current naval operations around the globe. From supporting troops engaged in expeditionary missions, the protect...

Militaries have to work in a wide variety of climate and temperature, often extreme cold or blistering heat like in Iraq, and much of what the military transports is sensitive to temperature. From mun...

Army services in the Middle East are working with various western organisations for their military defence operations. Companies from the west are heading over to get involved with the Middle East def...