logistics
Airlines face a huge logistical challenge trying to get their stranded passengers to their destinations as well as to get their planes and crews to where they are needed.
For five weeks, four devastating hurricanes made political trips impractical, both for logistical reasons as well as the risk of appearing callous.
Even assuming that the logistical difficulties can be worked out, the company will face the toughest test of all: Will customers actually order orange slices in place of French fries?
One reason for this is logistical, in that there is a low ratio of officers to members.

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Planning, expecting and arranging
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logistical | Business English

logistical
adjective
uk /ləˈdʒɪstɪkəl/us(alsologistic)
relating to the process of planning and organizing to make sure that resources are in the places where they are needed, so that an activity or process happens effectively:
The system was incapable of handling the US Army's huge logistical needs.
The Virginia-based company will provide maintenance and logistical support for the government project.
The plans were changed for logistical reasons.
logistical difficulties/hurdles/problems
a logistical headache/nightmareA delay in passing the law would cause a logistical nightmare for businesses.

Examples of logistical

logistical
Prominent issues identified in the literature on distance language course development include human, logistical and institutional factors.
Just collecting together all those grammars is a major logistical task.
Owing to time and logistical constraints, it was not possible to assemble a complete dataset for each patient for each diagnostic method.
For ethical and logistical reasons it was not possible to talk with individuals who were not diagnosed and under the management of a consultant.
The operational range of the study is most impressive, with a particularly valuable consideration of the logistical dimension.
Field explains and illustrates how each subsequent visit became more adventurous and required greater logistical planning.
This useful heuristic revealed a logistical horror story.
The entire clause is a logistical cryptogram and represents the epitome of logistical horror inflicted by the multiple standards of the presidency system.
The need to coordinate activities among a wide array of local, national and international laboratories and health agencies and law enforcement presented logistical challenges.
We underestimated the logistical challenges and costs of bringing the interventions to rural areas.
These logistical difficulties were closely related to the political problems that had given rise to the issue in the first place.
Due to logistical constraints on crop planting operations, we conducted two separate experiments in adjacent sections of the experimental field.
All available evidence, including the logistical and financial support for the invasions, points to the state's involvement.
In the same vein, residential and logistical mobility strategies should be regarded as broad generalizations of in reality much more complex forms of spatial organization.
While working with addicted individuals, however, it should be noted that substantial logistical difficulties can occur in this context.
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