All “Supply chain” topics

IKEA New Zealand has officially opened their external warehouse at The Landing Business Park, Māngere, following a blessing of the building by Te Ākitai Waiohua. The 20,000 square-metre warehouse, designed and built by Auckland Airport, will ensure IKEA products can be stored locally for countrywide distribution via the IKEA Sylvia Park store.

South Port New Zealand (South Port) has marked a significant milestone with its recent half-year financial results, reflecting a period of operational improvements and enhanced efficiency. The port, which serves as a crucial hub for southern New Zealand’s logistics and transport network, has successfully increased the volume of cargo handled while operating with fewer container vessel calls.

Cybercrime is set to cost global economies more than $20 trillion U.S. dollars by 2026. The logistics industry has been forced to adapt to an increasingly digital world. New technologies like AI and automation promise to streamline operations and enhance operations, but digitisation creates vulnerabilities as cybercriminals seek to exploit these advances for their own financial gain. 

Located at the Ashburton Business Estate, just north of Ashburton and adjacent to State Highway 1, the Fairfield Freight Hub has received glowing praise from importers and exporters throughout the motu – providing an alternative and reliable mode of transport via rail.

In an eye-catching investment into New Zealand’s infrastructure, global logistics giant A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) celebrated the opening of its state-of-the-art integrated cold chain facility at the Ruakura Superhub in Hamilton last month.

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Cardinal, the country’s largest privately-owned third-party logistics (3PL) company, has announced it is developing New Zealand’s first-ever fully automated 3PL warehouse in Drury, near Auckland.

The Ruakura Superhub is set to officially open on 15 September. The event will cap off 15 years of planning and development for the 490-hectare estate which was returned to Waikato-Tainui as part of the settlement with the Crown in 1995.

The logistics property market is struggling to cater for the growth in e-commerce as well as other business sectors. Therefore, the way in which facilities are designed, built, and operated must change.

Incorporating a sustainability focus into freight and logistics is on the rise as businesses seek to demonstrate leadership and embed social responsibility goals within their operations.

Te Manatu Waka The Ministry of Transport knows that there are longer term supply chain issues which government has a role in addressing, and that is why the Ministry has been progressing a national freight and supply chain strategy.

Foodstuffs South Island’s response to the Omicron outbreak has been only one of a number of strategies able to help with business continuity planning. Once they are out of this COVID-19 hole, their optimisation initiatives will remain.

Most supply chain experts extrapolate volume growth and trade routes based on economic modelling grounded in current paradigms – more people mean more freight movements; higher incomes will mean more demand for goods. With the world changing so rapidly, can we be sure this model will remain valid in future?

Acknowledging the interconnected factors that determine wellbeing are particularly complex in a supply chain setting, WorkSafe commissioned an evidentially based investigation of solutions to minimise vehicle-related risks that emanate from supply chain pressures in Transport, Postal, Warehousing and Manufacturing (TPWM).

Port of Rotterdam Vice President Commercial Emile Hoogsteden outlines the impact of the Suez Canal blockage and the current situation and action plan.