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November 2009
Vol. 11 No. 11
LOGISTICS &TRANSPORT FOCUS
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REGULARS
NEWS & EVENTS
1 PROGRAMME
What's on in your area?
6 VIEWPOINT
Steve Agg discusses the role of the Institute
8 NEWS DIGEST
The worlds of logistics and transport in focus
51 MEMBERS ON THE MOVE
Institute members looking for a new position
INSTITUTE
52 FACULTIES AND FORUMS
What's happening in your discipline?
54 NEWS FROM THE NATIONS, REGIONS
AND GROUPS
Reports on the activities within the Regions and
Groups in members' own localities
59 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Continuing Professional Development; Qualifications;
Centre spotlight
RECRUITMENT
68 APPOINTMENTS
Logistics and transport career opportunities targeted
at members of the Institute
FEATURES
INSTITUTE SPECIAL REPORTS
14 WEBSHOP XTRA � Delve further into the issues
raised in this month's Focus
16 DHL CHIEF SAYS THINK THE UNTHINKABLE
Graham Inglis FCILT delivers this year's Institute
Logistics Lecture
18 CILT CORPORATE MEMBERS � Industry `rivals' unite
to join our corporate scheme
41 LOGISTICS RESEARCH NETWORK CONFERENCE
2009 � Volatile and Fragile Supply Chains
48 PAYING FOR TRUNK ROAD EXPANSION
50 years of motorways commemorated in a lecture
by David Bayliss OBE
PASSENGER TRANSPORT/TRANSPORT
PLANNING
20 U-BOAT ACROSS THE MERSEY � Faced with
declining passengers Mersey Ferries switched to being
a high quality attraction � with help from U-534
24 HARVESTING PEARLS FROM OYSTERS
Smartcard data for bus network planning
SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS
32 TRUE BLOOD: BLOOD SUPPLY CHAIN IN
ENGLAND � The vital flow of the blood supply chain
37 HEAVY LIFTING FOR UN PEACEKEEPERS
Strategy deployment stocks for UN Department of
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