Monthly Archives: November 2013

SMARTER MANUFACTURING

With car makers closing down & threatening to do so lately citing high labour costs & overheads for transportation in Australia, it is time to take a step back to gain a broader perspective. Germany has similar constraints but manages … Continue reading

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Philippines Survival Infrastructure Lessons for Adelaide

The recent disaster in the Philippines highlights yet again that communications being wiped out inhibit coordination of timely aid! Images of Tacloban so utterly destroyed bely the fact that many managed to hang on to life – at least initially, … Continue reading

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