Packaging & Labelling Machinery Feature Articles for Australian Industry

Manufacturing conditions difficult as input costs surge 6/20/2006

Manufacturing conditions remained difficult in May, according to The Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI™). ...

Government IR laws will hurt workplace Health and Safety 6/1/2006

The ACTU has called on the Howard Government to repeal the sections of its new Industrial Relations laws which ban Workplace Agreements from giving workers leave to attend union-provided ...

Major report released on the future of manufacturing 5/31/2006

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has released the most extensive study conducted into the future of the manufacturing sector in Australia in almost a decade.

Packaging food to protect its shelf life 4/6/2006

Shelf life is an important property of any food and is of interest to everyone in the food chain from producer to consumer.

Northern Territory development opportunities 4/5/2006

Large-scale development projects have the potential to create far-reaching impacts on the Northern Territory economy and significant new and expanded manufacturing opportunities for ...

Industry Profile: Innovator in the biscuit industry 3/28/2006

Sam Tucker, 31, Managing Director of the Great Australian Baking Company swapped careers ten years ago when he’d had enough of working in the hospitality industry.

Productivity Growth in Australian Manufacturing 3/8/2006

There has been an ongoing debate in economic circles regarding the influence of technological change on economic growth. Thus recent studies have looked at a range of factors ...

Australian manufacturing swamped by the Chinese tsunami? 3/6/2006

In July last year, Victoria's Manufacturing Minister Andre Haermeyer issued a stern warning. "There is a tsunami out there called China and we have to find a way around it, Haermeyer ...

Proof that Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) works for SMEs 2/6/2006

There is a perception in some quarters that the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) program is not suited to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). In this article we examine ...

How RFID improves the order-to-cash process 2/2/2006

RFID improves shipping and order capture but not order routing and picking.

Kanban inspiration for US concrete contractor 11/30/2005

This case study is based on a private contractor who bids on projects from the City and County of San Francisco, the Public Utilities Commission, as well as the Water Department in ...

What is Kanban? 11/24/2005

Kanban is often seen as a central element of lean manufacturing and is probably the most widely used type of 'Pull' signaling system. Kanban was derived from the Japanese language ...

Migration from plastic packaging materials 11/3/2005

The prevention of contamination of food by the packaging intended to protect it is the object of constant research and regulation.

Aust manufacturers must master complexity or perish 11/2/2005

Deloitte's Global Managing Director of Manufacturing Industries, Gary Coleman has said that driving sustainable, profitable revenue growth is the top priority for manufacturing ...

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