Samurai wisdom : lessons from japan's warrior culture

The ancient warrior culture of Japan produced a sophisticated martial philosophy that we know today as Bushido—the Way of the Warrior. In Samurai Wisdom, author Thomas Clearly provides five important new translations of major Japanese works on Bushido. The writings of the scholar Yamaga Soko and his disciples are among the clearest expositions we have of the core ideals and philosophy under…

Forewarned is forearmed: futures research and military strategy

A century ago, military instruments were readily deployed in imperialistic adventures or the defence of national interests. Today the strategic environment is more complex and diplomatic protocols more established. The information revolution is meanwhile telescoping time frames and proliferating futures scenarios. But even if the politicians are driving the agenda, the security imperative remai…

The Northern Sea Route Regime: Exquisite Superpower Subterfuge?

The Northern Sea Route (NSR) has for decades been one of the most contentious political issues in U.S.–Soviet/Russian Arctic relations. The United States claims that the ice-covered straits are international and subject to the right of transit passage, while Russia claims them as internal waters. Both states invoke national security as one of the more important interests substantiating and wa…

PORTSIM 5: Modeling from a Seaport Level

This paper describes PORTSIM 5, a discrete-event seaport simulation model. Specifically, we discuss the developmental efforts and existing system limitations that have led up to the current efforts being undertaken by the Military Traffic Management Command Transportation Engineering Agency and Argonne National Laboratory. PORTSIM 5 builds on the knowledge and expertise gained from two precedin…

Operational Logistics-The Art and Science of Sustaining Military Operations

The term management is seldom used in the context of military operations, yet several aspects of modern warfare lend themselves to common management disciplines. Information management is needed to control, fi lter, process, and route the fl ow of data and information to and from the battlefi eld. The role of manpower management becomes more important as more specialized personal qualifi cation…

Logistics Evolution: A Comparison of Military and Commercial Logistics Thought

Edisi

Vol. 23 Iss 1 pp

ISBN/ISSN

0957-4093

Deskripsi Fisik

25 p

Judul Seri

The International Journal of Logistics Management

No. Panggil

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All at sea – gender and leadership in Britain’s Royal Navy (RN)

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between leadership and gender in the UK’s Royal Navy (RN) to answer the research question “Do men and women lead in different ways?”.

Contractors as a Second Best Option: The Italian Hybrid Approach to Maritime …

Initially based mainly on the use of Navy Vessel Protection Detachments (VPDs) paid by shipowners, Italian maritime security legislation also allows for the use of Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel (PCASP) when VPDs are not available. Hence, Italy has adopted a hybrid antipiracy approach that entails two different forms of private sector involvement: the financing and partial contro…

Defence Logistics: An Important Research Field In Need Of Researchers

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the special issue on defence logistics. To achieve this, an overview of the field of defence logistics is offered together with a discussion of the historical and contemporary issues that have confronted researchers and practitioners. Current research is described, and a research agenda for future work in the field is pr…

Meeting needs: value chain collaboration in stabilisation and reconstruction …

From the perspective of value chains, the purpose of this paper is to analyse the organization of stabilization and reconstruction operations, most notably in Afghanistan, with the intention to improve the way the beneficiaries are involved.

Development of ICT-based maintenance support services

The purpose of this paper is to describe a taxonomy for an eMaintenance management framework (eMMF) based on a service-oriented approach, in order to facilitate the development of information and communication technology (ICT)-based maintenance support services aimed at actors within the maintenance process related to complex technical industrial systems.

An exploration of trust and shared values in UK defence supply networks

This paper aims to develop a “line of sight” between improved military capability through supply network effectiveness to trust and shared values, and test the proposition that the effectiveness of the UK’s military supply network (SN) will reflect the extent of the shared values within that network.

An integrative approach to identifying factors related to long-term career co…

The purpose of this paper is to examine an initial set of characteristics and traits that may reduce officer recruitment turnover by increasing a cadet’s decision to contract vs those that do not contract (contracting represents a written commitment to commission into an US Armed Services Organization after graduation). This paper is the first of a larger, long-term project. The factors of pa…

Using the military in disaster relief: systemising challenges and opportunities

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a greater understanding of the challenges of civil military logistical cooperation, coordination and collaboration in humanitarian relief logistics.