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For centuries, logistics has been the heartbeat of global societies and industries; the backbone of trade and commerce.
The term originally stems from Ancient Rome, the empire having developed sophisticated logistics systems to keep its different global legions supplied. Logistikas – a type of Roman military officer – were tasked with allocating resources and maintaining supply lines so that its armies could continue to reach new corners of Europe, the Middle East, Asia and indeed Africa.
These supply lines primarily relied upon the Roman empire’s infamous chariots. But today, logistics systems look a little different.
The horse and cart have been replaced by trucks that now shift eight billion tonnes of goods a year. Freight ships the length of four football pitches shuttle cargo across our seas. Thousands of planes take the skies each month to transport goods tens of thousands of miles around the world.