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ASCLA Partners with Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds to Support Mental Health Across the Supply Chain
Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds (Healthy Heads) and the Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) have formalised a new partnership aimed at improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes across Australia’s supply chain and logistics workforce. The partnership brings together ASCLA’s extensive network of supply chain and logistics professionals with Healthy Heads’ expertise in…
Read MoreASCLA Mag June 2026
The June 2026 edition of ASCLA Mag explores how technology, resilience, and leadership are reshaping supply chain and logistics across Australasia. As businesses navigate economic uncertainty, geopolitical pressures, and rising customer expectations, this edition focuses on the practical strategies helping organisations build safer, smarter, and more resilient operations.
Read MoreWebinar – From Implementation to Impact, Making SAP EWM Deliver
Many invest in SAP EWM with the expectation of unlocking instant improvements in warehouse productivity and visibility. Yet in reality… implementations may not deliver the full value anticipated. In this webinar, NEOS by Argon & Co will explore what it really takes to move the needle from implementation to impact, including: • Common pitfalls in…
Read MoreCleared for Take-Off: What Western Sydney Airport Means for Freight
By Steven Ballerini | CEO of Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) After fifteen years of planning and seven years of construction, Australia’s first major new airport in more than half a century is about to open its doors. Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport, built on Commonwealth land at Badgerys Creek and Luddenham…
Read MoreRunning out of Road: The Great Logistics Shakeout
By Steven Ballerini | CEO of Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) The Australian logistics sector has spent the past three years talking about resilience. The conversation has fixed on disruption, labour shortages, geopolitical risk and the growing complexity of global trade. Beneath all of it sits a simpler and more uncomfortable reality. Too…
Read MoreThe Four Questions Defining Intralogistics in 2026
By Steven Ballerini | CEO of Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) In under a fortnight, the Australian materials handling and intralogistics calendar reaches its centrepiece. CeMAT Australia 2026, hosted by Hannover Fairs, runs from 23 to 25 June at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, bringing together the technologies, operators and thinkers shaping…
Read MoreCeMAT Australia 2026
Automation, Robotics and Supply Chain Innovation Converge at CeMAT Australia 2026 As industrial supply chains face unprecedented pressure to deliver greater efficiency, resilience, and visibility, Australian manufacturers are accelerating investments in automation, robotics, and advanced intralogistics technologies. Returning to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 23–25 June 2026, CeMAT Australia will bring together the solutions, technology, and expertise driving the…
Read MoreLast Mile Leaders – Eye on the Last Mile 6.0 – APAC Report
Last Mile Convergence: What APAC Last Mile Leaders Must Do Next APAC is not one Last Mile it is many, twenty-four economies, island networks, vast and sparse distances, and carrier ecosystems that fragment country by country. The last mile in our part of the world does not behave like the last mile anywhere else, most…
Read MoreOffshore Investors Back Western Sydney Logistics Again
By Steven Ballerini | CEO of Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) Two of the region’s largest property investors have placed a fresh bet on Australian industrial property. On 1 June 2026, Singapore-based ESR and Mitsubishi Estate Asia, the regional investment arm of one of Japan’s largest developers, announced a new development partnership to…
Read MoreNSW Opens the Door to Serious Fuel Security Investment
By Steven Ballerini | CEO of Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association (ASCLA) The NSW Government has signalled a significant shift in how it intends to address one of the most quietly persistent risks sitting underneath the Australian supply chain: the country’s heavy dependence on imported liquid fuels and the long, exposed sea lanes that…
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