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Commerical Air Cancellations Quarantine Ebola Supplies

MIT Supply Chain

It was originally posted on the Humanitarian @ MIT blog. Normally this means airport-to-airport delivery within three to five days with UPS acting as a “freight forwarder” to transport the goods using space available on commercial (passenger) airlines or dedicated cargo flights to the destination.

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Can Australian Manufacturing be Brought Back Home from China?

Logistics Bureau

Even when other costs such as coordination, transport, and logistics are taken into account, it still makes sense for many companies to outsource to China as onshore overall production costs would be much higher, a study of Australian manufacturing firms concludes. Ali Baba and the $4 Pyjamas.