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RLC Foundation Autumn Lecture 2017

RLC Foundation Autumn Lecture/Presentation 2017 Innovation: It is not just about ideas. It is a ‘people’ challenge. With its traditional culture can the military embrace this challenge and be effective at innovation. 1. Introduction and Context A focus on innovation is, of course, nothing new. Remember the dot com boom of a decade or so ago? Not to mention many other periods in the past char...
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Military Planning Event at Friday Woods Hosted by Air Assault Support Regiment

Military Planning Event at Friday Woods Hosted by Air Assault Support Regiment On 26 July 2017 13 Air Assault Support Regiment hosted a Military Planning event at Friday Woods Training Area, Colchester. The RLC Foundation’s corporate members had expressed a strong interest in understanding how the Army goes about analysing its tasks, making decisions and contingency planning. This was an excellen...
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Exercise Log Safari

Exercise Log Safari On 17th July, the RLC Foundation was delighted to host corporate members and colleagues from the Armed Forces for a seminar titled “Motivating the workforce in Military and Commercial environments”, followed by Exercise Log Safari on the training area.at Deepcut. This event adds a new dimension to our ongoing commitment of bringing together logistics professionals from Indu...
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EY MOD Women’s Network Logistics 101 Masterclass “Women in Logistics”

EY MOD Women’s Network Logistics 101 Masterclass “Women in Logistics” On 26 May, the RLC Foundation held the EY MOD Women’s Network Logistics 101 masterclass, hosted by EY at their impressive London headquarters next to Tower Bridge. The theme for the event was “Women in Logistics” with emphasis on the incredible work women have been doing within the military and civilian logistics sector. EYs...
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PA Consulting Round Table Event “People and Change in Logistics”

PA Consulting Round Table Event “People and Change in Logistics” On 16th May, 2017 the RLC Foundation was delighted to partner with PA Consulting for the Round Table Event “People and Change in Logistics” hosted at their London office. We were warmly welcomed by Phil O’Grady, the Defence and Security Partner at PA Consulting, followed by opening remarks by Lieutenant General Mark Poffley, the Mas...
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MOD Logistics Challenge Launches: Submit Your Ideas

MOD Logistics Challenge Launches: Submit Your Ideas The Ministry of Defence has established the Force Exploration and Force Variation Testing programmes to support the design of the future structure of the Armed Forces at the next Strategic Defence and Security Review. The Force Variation Testing (FVT) programme identifies combinations of ways and means that will make the greatest difference in r...
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General Dynamics and 33 Sqn 4 Regt RLC Problem Solving Exercise

General Dynamics and 33 Sqn 4 Regt RLC Problem Solving Exercise After months of planning, a problem solving exercise took place on 3 May 2017 at General Dynamics Mission Systems site at Oakdale Business Park in South Wales. Scoping for the exercise was carried out by Ernst & Young and the exercise involved logistic supply specialists from 33 Sqn, 4 Regt RLC and a General Dynamics team of supp...
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Exercise Corporate Panther

Exercise Corporate Panther 9 Regiment RLC hosted a Leadership Challenge, Exercise CORPORATE PANTHER, for the EY Women’s Network on 4 April 2017. The aim of the exercise was to “test and challenge the participants, both physically and mentally, across a whole range of military disciplines”. The morning programme involved drill instruction, under the watchful eye of CSM Ward and Cpl Ampadu, foll...
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156 Regiment RLC Winners at Mersey Maritime Industry Awards 2017

156 Regiment RLC winners at Mersey Maritime Industry Awards 2017 Mersey Maritime, which represents the interests of a maritime cluster of more than 1,250 businesses, held its annual awards on the evening of Thursday 9 March at a black tie gala dinner at Liverpool Football Club. There were 12 winners on the night in categories ranging from Best Newcomer to Business of the Year Award. 156 Regiment ...
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RLC Foundation Round Table Event At DHL – 6 March 2017

RLC Foundation Round Table Eevent At DHL on Monday 6th March 2017 On 6 March the RLC Foundation held it’s 2017 launch event at Crick, Northamptonshire. It was generously hosted by Mark Parsons, Chief Customer Officer, DHL Supply Chain. The RLC Foundation theme for 2016 was ‘harnessing data and technology’ and the theme for 2017 is ‘people’. The DHL Round Table event focused in on “the boundari...
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Considering the Impact of a Global Multi Model Supply Chain

Members of the Logistic Specialist (Supply) Class One course considering the impact of a global multi model supply chain and all its complexities. Learning can also be fun!! Business on the Move is an innovative and fun educational board game designed to excite young people about business and the UK’s supply chain Business on the Move helps educate, inform and inspire them to learn more about goo...
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17 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC Win at European Supply Chain Excellence Awards

17 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC win at this year’s European Supply Chain Excellence Awards Many congratulations to 17 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC for the outstanding win at this year’s European Supply Chain Excellence Awards. As the only military entry to make the cut they were up against stiff competition from Industry and I am delighted to report that they won the “Supply and Distribution”...
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