Case studiesCase study 03

A City Supplied by Air

Berlin Airlift

Disruption exposure HighHistoricalMilitary21 MIN READ

When the Soviet blockade cut normal surface access to West Berlin, an airlift had to become the supply chain for an entire city. The story explores throughput, aircraft utilisation, cargo prioritisation, bottlenecks and how process improvement created enormous additional capacity.

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