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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. Government policy.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon postpones Prime Day sale in Canada and India. The expanded waiver runs through May 31 and covers Alabama, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, parts of Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Well, it turns out this will not be a global Prime Day.

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When it Comes to Direct-to-Consumer Shipping, Warehouse Size Matters

BlueYonder

This week: Big warehouses get even bigger thanks to direct-to-consumer shipping trends, and Trader Joe’s gets some new competition. Ship-to-consumer means bigger warehouses. As e-commerce has become the preferred shopping method, warehouses have increased in size to accommodate the larger volume needed to ship directly to consumers.