Comments on: The logistics of logistics, or: why logistics solutions never work here

By: A Humourless Lot» Mountain goats, beer, and logistics: a game – Logistics for health and aid: A humourless lot

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:34 +0000

[...] and operations research (although I think having more of these people would be a great thing, for various reasons); but I do maintain that you will need to do a lot of reading on the subject if you ever want to [...]

By: Michael Keizer

Michael Keizer — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:27:06 +0000

@cynan_sez Would you have specific examples, Cynan? I am always looking for real-life illustrations.

By: cynan_sez

cynan_sez — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:52:56 +0000

your point about scalability is a good one. applies in INGO financial management too. I often see donor-required project audits demand changes (eg in treasury/cash account management) that would be fine if we had systems and processes that only managed 1,2 even 20 projects. not so good for 800 or so though…

By: A Humourless Lot» How to get things done: more on the logistics of logistics

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:14:02 +0000

[...] my previous post on why logistics seems to be so prone to “herding cats” problem (thanks, Laura Walker [...]

By: Michael Keizer

Michael Keizer — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:57:19 +0000

Just realised: here in Australia, electricians are called “sparkies”. Perhaps they do experiment with insulation techniques here…