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Wesfarmers Cleans up Target's Supplier Rebate Arrangements

Apr 15, 2016

On 23 February 2016, Wesfarmers announced a restructuring of Kmart and Target into a single Department Store division, led by Guy Russo as chief executive officer and Marina Joanou as finance director. On 24 March 2016, it was brought to ...

Tags: Wesfarmers, Kmart, Target, Guy Russo, Marina Joanous

HPFV Finally Get Access at Higher Mass in Victoria

Apr 15, 2016

Container transport operators servicing the Port of Melbourne have welcomed the release of a new policy by the Victorian Government to allow Higher Productivity Freight Vehicles (HPFV) to gain access to the Victorian road freight network at ...

Tags: CTAA, HPFV, Victoria

Fonterra Is to Move to The Airport, Consolidate Seven Premises

Apr 15, 2016

Auckland Airport is to build a state-of-the-art new distribution centre for Fonterra’s New Zealand consumer business (Fonterra Brands New Zealand). Fonterra Brands New Zealand (FBNZ) is scheduled to occupy the new premises under a ...

Tags: Auckland Airport, Fonterra, FBNZ

GS1 Australia and ApicsAU Get Together for Supply Chain Best Practices

Apr 15, 2016

GS1 Australia and apicsAU have announced a collaboration to share expertise, foster research, promote best practices and professional membership to the Australian supply chain community. apicsAU is a non-profit, membership community ...

Tags: GS1 Australia, ApicsAU, Supply Chain

Swisslog Acquires Power Automation Systems (PAS)

Apr 15, 2016

Swisslog Warehouse and Distribution has acquired Power Automation Systems (PAS), a worldwide supplier of pallet shuttle automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS). Swisslog CEO of Warehouse and Distribution Christian Baur said: ...

Tags: Swisslog, Acquisition, PAS

It's Official: Rail and Roads Funding Puts Politics Ahead of Growth

Apr 11, 2016

Australian governments have spent unprecedented sums on transport infrastructure in the past decade, and while important projects have been built the overall investment has been poorly directed, according to a new Grattan Institute report. ...

Tags: Transport infrastructure, Grattan Institute report

EFIC Introduces Small Business Export Loan

Apr 11, 2016

Small businesses will find it easier and quicker to access the finance they need to support their products and services exports, with a new Small Business Export Loan launched by EFIC (Export Finance and Insurance Corporation). The Small ...

Tags: EFIC, Small Business Export Loan

Business Sentiment Continues to Fall

Apr 11, 2016

The results from Dun & Bradstreet’s March Business Expectations Survey have highlighted a second consecutive decline in expectations, with businesses issuing subdued forecasts for the three-month period to June 2016, despite reporting ...

Tags: Dun&Bradstreet's March Business Expectations Survey, BEI

Peak Bodies to Merge

Apr 11, 2016

Paul Zalai. On the 30th of March, 2016, at their Annual General Meeting, members of the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) agreed unanimously to merge with Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA), Australia’s leading body for ...

Tags: APSA, FTA, Merge

Join The Study Into Supply Chain in The Cloud

Apr 11, 2016

Victoria University would like to invite you to participate in its research on Supply Chain Process Integration: Role of Cloud Computing. As many Australian firms engage in domestic and export-related businesses in manufacturing and ...

Tags: Supply Chain, Victoria University, Role of Cloud Computing

Yusen Logistics Buys Hitech Asia Pacific

Mar 23, 2016

Yusen Logistics Australia has acquired 1 the Hitech Asia Pacific brand businesses from the Hi-tech Express Group, a logistics provider based in Australia. Hitech specialises in domestic logistics, providing an end-to-end logistics ...

Tags: Yusen Logistics, Aquisition, Hitech Asia Pacific

Queensland's State Infrastructure Plan Is Great—If The Money Is Found

Mar 23, 2016

Port of Brisbane needs a dedicated freight connection, Mr Abson said. The Infrastructure Association of Queensland is supporting the State Infrastructure Plan and is urging the Palaszczuk Government to fast-track funding to support its ...

Tags: Port of Brisbane, Queensland, Infrastructure Plan

Women In Logistics: The Final Frontier

Mar 23, 2016

Amanda O’Brien. A groundbreaking and inspiring event will be taking place that challenges gender diversity and calls for an end to workplace bias by de-genderising industries and employment. Many countries worldwide, including ...

Tags: Women, Employment, Equality

“Mediocre” Is The New Air Cargo Reality

Mar 22, 2016

The IATA reports that air cargo global growth continued to perform below its potential – “mediocre growth is now the new reality”. Growth in freight tonne kilometres (FTK) had positive momentum since 2H2015 and into ...

Tags: Mediocre, IATA, Air cargo

TWU Gathers On The Retail Front

Mar 22, 2016

Coles has been a focus of the TWU’s road transport campaign promoting ‘Safe Rates’. The Transport Workers’ Union has lodged an application at the road safety watchdog to force major retailers to pay transport ...

Tags: TWU, Coles, Safe Rates, Retail front

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