<blockquote rel="happyinmelbourne34"><blockquote rel="IslanderndCity">@happyinmelbourne34 is it true that big American companies are moving away from Au to other country na?</blockquote>
@Islandercity, I think depende sa industry, like I mentioned before ung Ford at Holden whose parent company is General Motors, are closing down their mfng in the next few yrs, Sabi ng classmate ko sa course na nag work sa Holden, its moving the mfng to Thailand. Boeing had cut down some jobs as well though sabi nila mga contractors ang tinanggal nila sa Port Melbourne site....so ung mga labor intensive, big scale like automotive mfng yan ung mga apektado dahil sa npakamahal na labor cost (na mention nung classmate ko na ung workers s car assembly line at ung matagal n sa Holden they were being paid like 70$/hr so u can easily see the difference maybe in Thailand its just 10$-20$/day). But still meron p naman mga mfng industries na will continue gaya ng food, pharmaceuticals,chemicals, packaging ung mga FMCG na not labor intensive but heavily dependent sa Automation.
And nabasa ko lang dn pahapyaw lng sa 1 supply chain magazine fr APICS na according sa study ng mfng sa Au, food and pharma will continue to grow since Australia is exporting heavily to other countries like ung sugar industry sa Queensland (in Mackay) na 2/3 ng pino produce nila goes to Export.
May class ulit kmi s Tuesday, will read thoroughly ulit ung article about s mfng and will share.
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Thanks sa detailed info po. Looking forward for next week's sharing... 🙂