The company that produces the ubiquitous Clipsal switch, Schneider Electric, is able to remain competitive in Australia by combining highly productive practices, being very responsive to customers, and a strong brand. Brent Balinski spoke to the company’s David Gardner.
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Universal Robots launches in Australia and New Zealand
It all started with a pepperoni pizza...
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Ai Group Ten Point Plan advises urgent action on manufacturing
The Australian Industry Group has released its Ten Point Plan for economic growth.
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Rate of contraction for industry slowed in February
The rate of contraction experienced by the country’s industry has eased, according to the Australian Industry Group’s PMI, released this morning.
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Overcoming manufacturing’s biggest challenges
Held late last month, the Productivity, Process and Innovation conference assembled a host of experts to address the key challenges facing the industry. Brent Balinski took notes regarding some of the big themes from a panel discussion on the issue of “Challenges in Australian Productivity”.
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Australian labour market efficiency down in WEF rankings
Australia’s performance, according to a World Economic Forum study on global competitiveness, has fallen one place in the most recent rankings to be ranked 21st overall.
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Cuts in technology spending will harm productivity gains: report
The likelihood that Australian businesses will spend less money on new technology this year than they did last year will harm productivity gains.
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CSIRO suggests robotics solutions to boost manufacturing competitiveness
The CSIRO suggests that the way forward for Aussie manufacturers isn’t humans or robots, it’s humans and robots.
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A view on: Australia’s manufacturing industry
Many people seem to equate manufacturing with 19th century technology, with the steam engine and grease, but in fact that is not the case.
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Five ways to minimise manufacturing downtime
No matter what you're making, you'll want to keep equipment failure or downtime to a minimum.
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Australian manufacturing productivity worst among developed nations: US report
A United States Bureau of Labor Statistics report comparing 19 developed nations has ranked Australian manufacturing as the least productive.
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Industrial internet tipped to deliver productivity gains in the trillions, says GE
Connecting industrial operations to the internet could produce significant productivity gains worth an estimated $US10 trillion to $US15 trillion to global economic output, a General Electric study found.
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New Zealand manufacturing productivity up
Productivity levels in New Zealand’s manufacturing sector have improved in comparison to the rest of the kiwi economy since the global financial crisis.
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Manufacturing productivity down: Productivity Commission
Manufacturing productivity has slumped for the period 1999-2008, Productivity Commission figures show.
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Manufacturing globally doing more with fewer people: McKinsey report
A study from research firm McKinsey Global Institute, manufacturing is lifting global productivity and standards of living, but its contribution in terms of job numbers is decreasing.
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NMW to look at productivity, include new product zones
National Manufacturing Week 2013 will feature value- and productivity-boosting solutions for those in the industry, as well as two brand new Product Zones.
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Coke boss criticises penalty rates
Terry Davis, the chief of Coca Cola Amatil, has criticised weekend penalty rates in an interview with The Australian.
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IR reform needed: Howard
Former Prime Minister John Howard has suggested that individual contracts and unfair dismissal laws should be examined by Tony Abbott, the federal opposition leader.
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Ai Group, Gillard at odds over workplace deregulation, productivity
Last night’s Australian Industry Group annual dinner saw the Prime Minister and the Ai Group butt heads.
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