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Commerical Air Cancellations Quarantine Ebola Supplies

MIT Supply Chain

It was originally posted on the Humanitarian @ MIT blog. By consolidating cargo from various shippers, freight forwarders reduce the cost of air shipment significantly from express services, which is important when shipping multiple pallets. Photo: European Commission DG ECHO/Flickr/Creative Commons). And here is the rub.

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Can Australian Manufacturing be Brought Back Home from China?

Logistics Bureau

The short answer is that it is indeed possible to re-shore manufacturing but it will take a change in government policies as well as sizeable state incentives to private enterprise to turn the ship around. Most of all, however, it will require a change in the Australian consumer’s thinking and buying patterns. Ali Baba and the $4 Pyjamas.