An introduction to cloud computing
Companies around the world are paying much closer attention to cloud computing and its potential value to Supply Chain processes…
Archive | April, 2011
Manufacturing industry update
The Manufacturing industry employed 1,005,000 people in 2008–09, representing 10% of the Australian workforce. Within this industry, 93% of workers were classed as employees and
were covered for workers’ compensation…
Speed is important
Recently safety alerts were issued in mining to warn people to be aware of the potential to walk into hazards whilst being distracted or awaiting for sensor response particularly to rapidly depleting oxygen…
Your job is not as safe as you think
While past performance is the biggest indicator of future performance (and why job interviewers frequently ask about what you have done, rather then what you will do), sometimes we rely too much on the past and not in the future
Your job is not as safe as you think
Logistics News
Distribution Centre Space Still Largely a Buyer’s Market in 2011, New Report Says, though Rates Slowly Inching Up from 2009 Nadirs. Rates to Rise on Average just 1.6% over Next Two Years, Grubb & Ellis Report Says…
Earthquakes in Australia
In recent times there have been a number of headline Earthquakes. Last year Vanuatu was a small blip in the news, and Haiti & New Zealand woke us all up to an issue that we had complacent about in that it hadn’t made headlines in a very long time, so we all to a certain extent forgot the risks. Then came Japan, on Australias doorstop, devistation, people dead in the thousands, nuclear disasters, and economy and country crippled by an unavoidable natural event.
Sometimes, what we don’t realise, that dispite Australia being a relatively low risk area, we do still have Earthquakes and tremors, as demonstrated very recently in Queensland. The size, location and timing of such events is so variable and hard to predict that Australian business, or any business around the world, can not risk complacency. To provide perspective to the potential peril that we feel somewhat buffered from, view http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/listQuakes. This list demonstrates that although our risk is lower say than Japan, Earthquakes do happen frequently in Australia. Ensure your business is ready. Do you have a disaster action plan, is your building rated to withstand an Earthquake, Are the contents of your business, from your racking and stock loading, to your machinery to your valuable staff, as prepared and ready as they can be?
Right to speak up about safety upheld
The right of workers to speak up about safety without fearing for their jobs has been upheld in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court, in the first discrimination conviction under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004…
Nothing warm and fuzzy about workplace conflict
Although often considered the ‘soft’ side of safety, workplace conflict can be very tough to manage and will come under greater scrutiny when the new model workplace health and safety laws are rolled out in 12 months’ time…
Transport & Storage Industry Update
The Transport & storage industry employed 461600 workers in 2008–09, representing 4% of the Australian workforce. Within this industry 85% of workers were classed as employees, of payroll to cover their employees for
workers’ compensation…
Safety dominates list of top risk issues for 2011
Safety is the number one OHS and risk issue facing Australian organisations as they head into 2011, according to a survey of OHS professionals attending The Sydney Safety Show in October…
