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Supply-chain experts see reliable data, STEM education and smarter regulation as essential for Australia to succeed in an increasingly automated world under pressure to be environmentally sustainable.
’Tis the season for online shopping – which means a month of shipping. Here's how to reduce your delivery footprint.
Australia should follow the lead of other nations like New Zealand and Switzerland and increase the charges for heavy vehicles on roads, proportionate to the amount of wear and tear they cause.
Online shopping giants and logistics firms are trying to improve efficiency and cut carbon – knowing that doing so will reduce their operating costs while appealing to green-minded consumers.
When planning major infrastructure investments, it's important to know which road, freight and information networks are most important – and which proposals might make things worse, not better.
Here's the technology Amazon needs to get right for drone deliveries – and what it will mean for everyone else.
Was Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, right to say that evidence shows better pay for truck drivers will improve safety?
Online retail customers demand support from every party involved in the product supply chain, but few are keeping up.
Business and consumers are demanding more data than ever, and the traditional barcode isn't cutting it any more.
Cargo that automatically reports to customs, containers that monitor their contents, and robots that pick and pack at either end: technology is changing freight, forever.
Mention the word “logistics” and most people would probably think of trucks or the shipping of freight at a mundane best. A more textbook definition might be that logistics is the managed movement of resources…
In just one night, Santa has to visit millions of homes to deliver presents. If he could travel at the speed of light, the task would be simple. However, Einstein’s formula, E=MC², tells us that anything…
Articulated trucks such as semi-trailers and “B-Doubles” are involved in about 30% of fatal road accidents on the Pacific Highway. As the number of trucks carrying freight between Sydney and Brisbane increases…
If you’ve ever been caught in a traffic jam – and who hasn’t? – you’ll know Australia’s urban road networks are fast approaching full capacity. With the holiday season not far away, traffic jams and road…
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Philip Laird is a Friend of The Conversation.Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Sustainable Logistics Researcher, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Business IT & Logistics, RMIT University
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Jan De Gier is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Faculty of Science, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer / ARC Future Fellow, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University
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Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, University of Sydney
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Professor of Computer Science and Provost/CEO/PVC, University of Nottingham
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Chair in Science Communication & Future Media, University of Salford
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Professor of Marine Transport and Logistics, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Brunel University London
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Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, University of Huddersfield
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Economics, Wayne State University
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Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations, UNSW
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John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
