Features - June July 2011
Driving growth –
Toll IPEC’s road freight hub of tomorrow
We might sometimes forget, but Australia is the only single nation to occupy an entire continent. There are less than three people for every square kilometre, yet it’s also one of the most urbanised countries in the world.
Editorial
Have we really seen the end of the recession? Early last month, the Department of Labour released
its quarterly report, Likely Areas of Growth in Employment Opportunities, which breezily stated that
retail trade, hospitality and business services are likely to lead the way in creating around 200,000
new jobs by 2015. read more »
Urgent Couriers acquires Inter City
Urgent Couriers, which has about a quarter of Auckland’s fast delivery market, just got bigger with its acquisition of rival freight business Inter City Urgent. read more »
Impressive exhibits at MHL 2011
Materials handling, warehousing and logistics
WHAT? MHL – NZ’s only materials handling, warehousing and logistics trade show
WHEN? 21 and 22 September 2011
WHERE? ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane, Auckland
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Skills training – an advantage for ambitious companies
Cardinal Logistics and Stevenson Group are two ambitious companies taking advantage of literacy training for very different reasons.
New centre for commercial road
transport and logistics training
The Bay of Plenty Polytechnic has been providing specialist training in commercial road transport since 2004, and in 2011 moved its entire operation to a fully functioning 3000 sq m warehouse in the middle of the distribution sector in Tauranga.
Continuous improvement at The Pride
The Pride is Lion Nathan’s new $250 million manufacturing and warehousing facility in East Tamaki, Auckland, and was officially opened last October. This significant infrastructure investment has enabled Lion to make a significant operational step change in capability. read more »
Corporal Samara Read, RNZAF Ohakea
FTD talks to New Zealand’s supply chain managers about their jobs
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) combines with the Army and Navy to achieve New Zealand’s military outputs. At times we can be required to put our lives at risk to protect the security and people of New Zealand. read more »