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Typhoon Haiyan: Employing Logistics Functions in Natural Disasters
The world remains stunned and sympathetic at the destruction wrought by typhoon Haiyan, which recently devastated Philippine islands, hitting Tacloban the hardest and leaving countless dead or injured, with limited access to food, clean water or power sources. The...
The Ultimate Get Rich Quick Guide: Logistics as a National Gold Mine
Hello good people, as we speculate, bet and swear about who'll win or lose tomorrow between Man U and Arsenal lets mind some money making talks. With “experts” peddling how-to books and videos at every corner, the subject of getting rich quick remains an attention...
What We Learn From Teenage Girls: International Relations and Logistics
Those who have had the chance to live with, or parent a teenage girl at any point in their lives are familiar with their need to be friends with the right, “popular” girls who learned how to use make up from their elder sisters earlier than everyone else. Maintaining...
Psychic Personal Assistant and Bodyguard: Risk Management in Logistics
Imagine if you had a psychic personal assistant that also doubled up as your bodyguard. This person, would be able to use their clairvoyance to predict which street you should avoid on your route home, because a mugger was lying in wait for your precious Samsung S4 or...
Being Good For Goodness’ Sake: Ethics in Logistics
Ethical business, while initially thought of as an oxymoron, today is “in vogue”: companies are striving to be business titans with hearts of gold and impeccable standards of behaviour. For some, it may be done for publicity, but for others, it boils down to one key...
ICC, Prosecution and Logistics: Let’s go to The Hague
I have been planning to give my two cents about The International Criminal Court, ICC, for quite some time now. This happens to be the opportune time, especially so, when Kenya debates on whether our president Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta should or shouldn’t go to The Hague!...
Outstanding Vintages or Freshly Squeezed Juice? Use of ICT in Logistics
Taking you back to high school, or at whichever level you've heard about (depending with your age) Information Communications Technology, or ICT, can be defined as technologies that facilitate the reception, gathering and storage of information, as well as its...
Successfully Using Social Media in Logistics
Good Furahi-day! what a better way to welcome the weekend ahead colluding with end month! For most of us urbanites, social media has become an important part of our everyday life: whether we're updating pictures of ourselves at the gym, enjoying that hilarious cat...
Liquid logistics: Kenya-Tanzania water deal
If you have had the pleasure of viewing the cinematic masterpiece titled “The Avengers”, you will understand the purpose of Nick Fury. For those of you in the dark, Nick Fury is a mysterious agent that assembles the team of varied superheroes who eventually fall under...