logistical know-how

In 2010, a massive earthquake rocked Haiti. Poor to begin with, Haiti had little domestic capacity to deal with the property losses and population displacement, as somewhere between 1 million and 2 milion Haitians lost their homes. United Nations forces were dispatched to help, bringing much-needed supplies and logistical know-how. And cholera. They brought cholera.

--From 8 Billion and Counting

Question: What is the exact meaning of "logistical know-how? Thanks.

These definition for logistics from our dictionary are relevant:

• the branch of military science and operations dealing with the procurement, supply, and maintenance of equipment, with the movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel, with the provision of facilities and services, and with related matters.
• the planning, implementation, and coordination of the details of a business or other operation.

In your context, logistical know-how refers to the knowledge and experience necessary to deliver supplies, equipment and emergency services to the regions in Haiti that were affected by the earthquake.

logistical - related to logistics
know-how - knowledge of how to do something/expertise.

owlman5 said:

These definition for logistics from our dictionary are relevant:

• the branch of military science and operations dealing with the procurement, supply, and maintenance of equipment, with the movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel, with the provision of facilities and services, and with related matters.
• the planning, implementation, and coordination of the details of a business or other operation.

In your context, logistical know-how refers to the knowledge and experience necessary to deliver supplies, equipment and emergency services to the regions in Haiti that were affected by the earthquake.

Thank you for being so kind, dear owlman.👁 Thank you! :thank you: