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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. Can Australian Manufacturing be Brought Back Home from China? Only time will tell. Why China Became Australia’s Factory.

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3D printing as a means for supply chain optimization: learnings from NS, Eurostar and the Dutch Ground Forces

DiManEx

3D printing, or additive manufacturing, has come a long way since it originated in the 1980s and is set to become an industry worth $55.8 According to a recent Volkskrant article , NS purchases over 30,000 different spare parts per year to keep their trains running. In Mali, the Dutch Army faces a similar puzzle.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

These developments impact Original Equipment Manufacturers, both at strategic level and at operational level within their supply chains. The way by which consumers purchase, use and share technology is changing rapidly. The sourcing department is challenged by increasing compliancy issues. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Liechtenstein.

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Mindmap for Supply Chain Execution 24/7

Supply Chain Movement

Sourcing from far-flung countries such as China is leading to growing uncertainty about the actual supply of purchase orders. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Liechtenstein. Luxembourg. Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of. Madagascar. Marshall Islands. Martinique. Mauritania. Micronesia, Federated States of. Moldova, Republic of.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Purchasing and supplier management. Production/manufacturing. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Inventory management. Warehousing. Transportation.

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