The daily logistical struggle for relief agency MSF to get the medicines through

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While supply chain leaders struggle in peak times, for those working in the least hospitable regions of the world, the logistics challenges are tenfold.

For Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF or Doctors Without Borders), problems are a daily dilemma, and logistician Marco Gaudesi points to transport as the worst.

“The trickiest part of the supply chain for us is the availability of transport operators,” Mr Gaudesi told The Loadstar on the sidelines of London’s Cold Chain Distribution conference this week.

“We are reliant on ...