<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/initiatives/supply-chain-research/posts/flow_not_storage_what_cross_docking_teaches_us_about_contested_sustainment.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><title>Flow, Not Storage: What Cross‑Docking Teaches Us About Contested Sustainment</title><description>An exploration of the contested sustainment paradox: we work hard to move materiel forward and then we make it easy to target once it arrives.</description><pubDate>02/24/2026</pubDate><image><img src="https://walton.uark.edu/initiatives/supply-chain-research/posts/images/matt_scmrc_4_913x485_72dpi.jpg" alt="A camouflage background graphic featuring the headline &#34;Flow, Not Storage&#34; with a subtitle about the Army's contested sustainment paradox, accompanied by icons depicting materiel storage and military vehicles connected by a double arrow."/></image><author>Matt Waller</author><tags><tag>clc</tag><tag>scmrpost</tag></tags></item>