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Port of Melbourne invests in rail infrastructure

Manufacturer's Monthly

It will also form a crucial part of the Victorian government’s plans for a short- haul rail network connecting freight hubs in Melbourne’s north and west to the port. Rail has been underutilised in Melbourne for short-haul freight operations, with the entire metropolitan freight task currently undertaken by road transport.

Freight 101
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Industrial Processes & Wireless Communications – Part II: Manufacturing Logistics

Cisco Manufacturing

If you think of a supply chain as a system which can then be broken down into smaller links, each of which forms a function, e.g., transport from A-B, optimal use of warehousing, inventory control, and product manufacturing lifecycle. Each of these domains includes at least one link that can be optimised with wireless technologies.

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Supply Chain as a Service

Dinesh Mishra

These providers offer a range of services, such as warehousing, transportation, inventory management, order fulfillment, and logistics. Logistics Operations: This service covers infra setup, sourcing, packaging, transportation, storage and handling, network inventory management, and freight management.

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View from India: Logistics carriers are economic lifeline of the country

E&T

While this trend is expected to continue, streamlining of the functional aspects such as ease of movement, common interfaces/platforms for service providers and users, and skill development focused on the logistics vocations was imperative. The new policy clearly aims to achieve these.”.