Quotes About Logistics

Giap was a master of logistics, but his reputation rests on more than that. His victories were achieved by a patient strategy that he and Ho Chi Minh were convinced would succeed - an unwavering resolve to suffer immense casualties and the near total destruction of their country to defeat any adversary, no matter how powerful.

My first time overseas was taking 10,000 tons of beer to Vietnam.

Everybody who went to Vietnam carries his or her own version of the war. Only 10 percent engaged in combat; the American elephant, pursuing the Vietnamese grasshopper, was extraordinarily heavy with logistical support.

Basically all the world's computer parts come from the same supply chain that runs from Korea, down through coastal China, over to Taiwan, and down to Malaysia.

It used to be that death and taxes alone were inevitable. Now there's shipping and handling.

Being Uber means being efficient.

Good," Mr. Axelrod said, "but we cannot meet you at the airport. Are you familiar with the Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian?

I realize we could physically fit everybody there (Texas)... that doesn't mean they could all be fed, and clothed, and given iPhones

As anyone knows who has ever had to set up a military encampment or build a village from the ground up, occupations pose staggering logistical problems.

The supply chain industry in our Commonwealth continues to gain momentum, in large part due to The Port of Virginia's unparalleled infrastructure.

What we like to say is that the vision for Uber is the cross between lifestyle and logistics.

Modern warfare has become very complex, especially during the last century. Wars are won not by a simple series of battles won, but by a complex interrelationship among military victory, economic pressures, logistic maneuvering, access to the enemy's information, political

Supply always comes on the heels of demand.

Mail in our country serves as an economic engine.

As President Dwight D. Eisenhower said, "You know, farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field." The same is true of warfare; it looks mighty easy when your rifle is a budget approval and you are six thousand miles from the battlefield.

there wouldn't be any buying it on FamousRainforest and having it auto-shipped to her location.

that there was no mud on his shoes and no tracks below him, so therefore he was probably hanging and dead when the rain began. Why was that important? Ultimately, it was not. The logistics of hanging oneself from a tree are not that simple.

For example, more baggage animals were needed because Mary's bed often arrived late at its destination.

Los grandes ejércitos transportan consigo lo necesario para asegurarse de que lo que pudiera ir mal no vaya

The Republic of Ireland didn't have postcodes until 2015.

Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition.

By far the biggest expense in this process was shifting the cargo from land transport to ship at the port of departure and moving it back to truck

In 1961, before the container was in international use, ocean freight costs alone accounted for 12 percent of the value of U.S. exports and 10 percent of the value of U.S. imports.

The container is at the core of a highly automated system for moving goods from anywhere, to anywhere, with a minimum of cost and complication on the way. The container made shipping cheap, and by doing so changed the shape of the world economy.