Manufacturer's Monthly
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Regional location, freight advantage Unlike Brisbane-based truss manufacturers, CQ Building Supplies operates from a strategic regional location , giving it a major freight advantage over city competitors. Big truss plants from Brisbane and the Gold Coast cant compete on freight.
Robotics Business Review
MARCH 25, 2025
Contoro claimed that its technologies enable highly reliable unloading, even in unpredictable freight logistics environments that are typically challenging for robots. We made the mobile base ourselves, because of the special requirements for climbing ramps, which arent level like warehouse floors.
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Canadian Manufacturing
AUGUST 22, 2022
The pandemic sent shockwaves through the global supply chain and the backlogs are mounting even as freight volumes fall in North America this year. Shippers and marine carrier operators see rail as a critical bottleneck. We’re not holding any freight at West Coast ports or East Coast ports to pace into our inland terminals.”
CMTC Manufacturing Tech
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Without modern, efficient infrastructure, the benefits of reshoring could be lost to bottlenecks and inefficiencies. Companies need to build relationships with multiple suppliers to mitigate risks and avoid bottlenecks. Strengthening Supplier Networks A flexible supplier network is critical to the success of reshoring.
Automation Mag
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Firms continued to report bottlenecks on transportation routes, especially those involving sea freight. Inventories of inputs were instead utilized, as signalled by a decline in stocks of purchases for the second time in the past three survey periods. A lengthening of delivery times also encouraged stock depletion.
Manufacturer's Monthly
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Recent changes to the supply chain emerged shortly after the global pandemic was announced, particularly during COVID-19 lockdowns, due to abrupt shifts in demand that created bottlenecks at ports worldwide. Australia’s strong reliance on international trade and foreign investment has made the impact on some supply chains significant.
i4.0 today
MARCH 13, 2023
by digitising and automating import processes, dynamically connecting importers, customs brokers, freight forwarders, carriers and truckers with shipments. Combined with the speed and accuracy of its customs clearance and haulage process, which eliminates bottlenecks and costly delays, many organisations have already adopted its platform.
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