As our largest manufacturing sector, the Food And Grocery business is a vital contributor to Australia. Alan Johnson reports on the outlook for the sector.

E-Invoicing is more than the sending and/or receipt of tax compliant invoices in an electronic format.

Australian manufacturers face many obstacles, from rising costs to the tyranny of distance. As Denise Carson explains, operational intelligence has the potential to help them do things smarter and remain competitive.

As the year draws to a close, Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane discusses the major issues facing Australia’s manufacturing industry with Manufacturers’ Monthly’s Editor-at-Large, Alan Johnson.

While the Australian dollar is back to more sustainable levels, the manufacturing industry is still facing considerable headwinds as we move into 2015.

The future of making things – including in architecture, manufacturing and multimedia – was up for discussion at the recent AUx event. Brent Balinski spoke to Autodesk’s Pat Williams and Scott Reese about some of the current disruptive forces in play and where they might lead us.

During the APEC meeting in Beijing, President Xi Jinping announced China will spend US$10 trillion on imports over the next five years.

For the global mergers and acquisitions market, 2014 has been a year of strong recovery.

The current suite of SolidWorks programs was recently launched. Brent Balinski spoke to the company’s Sharon Toh and to the innovators at Forcite Helmet Systems about what’s new and why it matters.

Jonathan Wilkins of European Automation examines the implications of the latest update CFR21/11 to 21 CFR part 11 of Code of Federal Regulations of FDA.

In this broad ranging discussion, RMIT’s Dean of Engineering presents solutions than can help steer the manufacturing industry on to a different course.

A realization that it manufactures wire, not car parts, has helped Multi Slide Industries face the impending closure of the automotive industry.

In composites, its strength to weight ratio is unmatched, and, if it can be made a little more cheaply, we might one day see it everywhere. Brent Balinski looks at some of the ways Australia is making use of carbon fibre.

Quickstep’s efforts to crack the automotive market received a couple of significant boosts last month. Brent Balinski spoke to the company’s CEO Philippe Odouard about the potential of the Quickstep’s RST technology and opening a new auto headquarters in Geelong.

Mental health is a big OHS issue. As Marko Turner writes, the benefits of establishing a psychologically safe and healthy workplace cannot be ignored.

Compac Sorting faced an increasingly competitive global market for fruit and vegetable manufacturing.

Logistics businesses which have only dabbled with mobility in the warehouse should apply it across information systems and across the wider workplace.

The FTA with China has been under negotiation for 10 years.

Finding that its crane of choice was no longer available, an overhead crane provider was faced with the task of synchronising a new bridge crane…

Australian manufacturers planning a long term future must go down the sustainable manufacturing path, if they are going to survive. Alan Johnson reports.