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Garbage In, Garbage Out? Not Anymore. Why Bad Data Producing âFactsâ is a Threat to Modern Supply Chains
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM In todayâs fast-moving supply chains, bad data is no longer just an inconvenience â itâs a critical threat. The…
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STEM Isnât Just for Engineers: Why Modern Supply Chains Depend on STEM Thinking in Every Role
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM When people hear âSTEMâ (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), their minds often jump to laboratories, bridges, or satellites. But…
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Mind the Gap: Bridging Engineering and Logistics for Smarter Supply Chains
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM In too many organisations, engineers and logistics professionals work side by side yet rarely engage deeply. One group designs…
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Playing Tetris with Your Supply Chain: Why Reducing Wasted Space Saves Costs and Cuts Carbon
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM In supply chains around the world, space is often treated as an infinite resource. Pallets are stacked unevenly, trucks…
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Stockpiling is Fragility Disguised as Resilience
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM In military and commercial supply chains alike, the instinct to stockpile runs deep. Faced with disruption, uncertainty, and pressure…
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Why Itâs Critical to Optimise Inventory â Not Just Buy More
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM In the face of stockouts, the knee-jerk reaction for many organisations is to increase purchasing and build bigger buffers.…
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Top 10 Data Elements That Drive Modern Supply Chains
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM In todayâs volatile, interconnected world, supply chains face unprecedented challengesâdisruptions from pandemics, geopolitical tensions, extreme weather, and rapidly shifting…
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Data: The Biggest Asset in Building a Resilient Supply Chain
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM In an era of supply chain shocksâfrom pandemics and port closures to geopolitical tensions and extreme weatherâbusiness leaders are…
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Interchangeability of Spare Parts: The Key to Resilient and Efficient Defence Supply Chains
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM In a world of increasingly contested supply chains and constrained budgets, defence organisations face a dual challenge: building resilience…
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Bio-Inspired Supply Chains: Learning from Nature to Build Smarter, Adaptive Networks
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM Nature is the worldâs oldest and most sophisticated supply chain. For billions of years, ecosystems have managed flows of…
About
Paul Salmon
Editor in Chief
Paul Salmon FCILT is Chair of the CILT Defence Forum and the DE&S Logistics Profession Bodies Ambassador. A Chartered Fellow of CILT, CMI, and ISCM, Paul leads efforts to professionalise Defence logistics, championing CPD, chartered recognition, and stronger industry partnerships. He is a published thought leader, conference speaker, and award-winning advocate for supply chain innovation, data-driven decision-making, and resilience. With a background in both operational delivery and strategic transformation, Paul works across Defence to improve forecasting, inventory management, and supply chain integration. He is passionate about inspiring the next generation of logisticians through outreach, mentoring, and professional engagement. (Any views expressed are my own and are not those of UK defence )
