Logistics Issues Faced by Qube Logistics in New South Wales, Australia

This report discusses the latest logistic issues faced by big logistic company Qube logistics in New South Wales, Australia and strategies to resolve the logistics issues. It includes company overview, main problems related to the latest logistics network, and conclusion. The main problems discussed are excess traffic, late delivery difficulties, long distance between Qube logistics and other cities, tiredness of drivers, environmental issues, and winter season. The strategies discussed to resolve these issues are to establish and apply the intermodal for transport, improve transportation connections, relocate the company and vendor in different warehouses, hire planning specialist for effective logistics, and adopt supply chain management.

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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Company overview................................................................................................................2
Issues of logistics in New South Wales in Australia-................................................................2
Main problems related to the latest logistics network in New South Wales-............................3
Strategies to resolve the issues related to logistics-...................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The logistic industry is very significant element of the state economy. The logistic industry
helps in generating revenue. It makes great contribution in Gross Domestic Product. The
logistic industry has to face various issues. In this report, the latest logistic issues face by big
logistic company Qube logistics and strategies to resolve the logistics issues, are discussed
and critically examined.
Company overview
Qube logistics is located in Australia. Qube logistics renders various logistics facilities such
as transport services by railway, transport services by road, and warehouse services at various
places and other facilities of logistics. Qube logistics has made significant growth in the area
of logistic facilities. This organisation has its own brand image. This company is very
successful in logistics field. Qube logistics also proposes solutions related to packaging like
bulk packing, semi-bulk packing, and export packaging, cleaning of goods, and drying. The
company makes modifications or changes according to the needs and demands of the
customers. The existing planning and approaches involve the establishment of new centres
and spots. This logistic company is deciding to develop in the transportation sector and rail
sector. Qube logistics uses standardised and technical devices and machineries for receiving
quick and proper results.
Issues of logistics in New South Wales in Australia-
There are lot of issues related to logistics faced by New South Wales in Australia.
Notwithstanding the facts that there are various remarkable environmental, demographical,
governmental and ecological conditions positive in relation to transport and logistics. Qube
logistics has to face various issues and their influences on the domestic and global business of

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transportation and logistics in Australia (Świtała, Niestrój and Hanus, 2018). New South
Wales is the vast and rising state. The population and increase in the operators of the motors
in New South Wales has been progressively improving. It has influenced the logistic services
in the good and proper manner. Because the reason of increment in the residents of the
nation, the operators of using four-wheeler have also enhanced. It is the reason of more
transportation, more road traffic, and jam.
The excess traffic is great apprehension for the carriers through the peak time. This is also
observed that at the peak time, the number of travelling workers gets great obstructing a way
for the motors for the logistics. In this way, this is the great reason of great trouble in the
schedule of the carriers. There are late delivery difficulties met by the organisations because
of these concerns (Mazur and Milewski, 2018). However, for solving issues related to the
logistics, state government has made various strategies and approaches. The state government
has made various effective planning to render numerous ways and periods for the completely
overloaded motors used for the logistics. In the case where the companies face the issues
related to the trafficking, jam and various other problems. The location of construction is also
a big problem. In New South Wales, there are various highways at which construction work
is running. It delays the period of journey of the carriers, creating them face the delay
difficulties. There are various drivers, who are not aware in respect of the reconstruction and
got stuck in the issues (Magruk, 2018).
Main problems related to the latest logistics network in
New South Wales-
There are various issues related to the roads, in certain places these are really made by the
contractor, and having certain problems or the difficulties and dares, these are the problems
when this was mainly meant for the decrease of the trafficking and blockages. As far as

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possible, the state governments have initiates various modifications and variations and have
altered the strategies when this regulates the blocking and jamming on the street and road and
the regulation over a traffic in domestic fields (Bookbinder, 2012). The issue or problem
related to troll way has been considered extremely and the improvement of highway in the
fields where the tour period is high has regulated with the objectives of the protection and
security and most of the time, ways are blocked or jammed from the services or facilities,
which is provided to the common people by the aim of construction. It appears that this
would resist loaded motors, which are very heavy to take entry in the construction premise or
some other secured fields (Lin, Huang, Liao and Yeh, 2017). There are certain doubts and the
journey periods are being argued as one of problems that are been stated when this considers
the barriers and some efforts that assist to make improvements in the transport systems.
The subsequent considerable problem is regional issue. There is long distance between the
Qube logistics and other cities of the New South. Due to this distance, the company has to
face various issues. There are problems related to the distance that are faced when the
Melbourne and Sydney distance is measured for approximately eight hundred eighty eight
kilometres. At the time when considering for other different transport option, even rail
journeys cannot be the good choice as this takes lot of period, the petrol pumps are few while
made the comparison to the streets and are required while it comes to the transport
(Ebrahimnejad and Verdegay, 2018). The Qube logistics is required to assess and effectively
examine regarding the period and the price, which is being considered and that is included at
the time of travelling. The issues or problems related to the logistic contain various
resolutions and the strategies, which are attached to the problems and the ways, which has
particular transport are again mining locations with the places that are domestic and has the
procedure of certain difficult transport (Roy, 2014). When assessing the long distance and the
tours, which are difficult, this is very essential to make planning of this in the effective way

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where the transport is considered with distant sites and the planning is done by the substitute
ways that is being useful in the upcoming period.
At the time of consideration of the conveyance by the trains that is really the helpful strategy
for the transport, this is connected with the extensive seeing cities and the nation itself. The
approaches and manners are very much significant. These methods assist to end the problems
that are being accepted in the services related to road (Roy and Maity, 2017). The other main
issue is tiredness of the drivers. It is observed that due to the reason of long distance journey
and the driver can be burdened for the tasks, which requires to be fulfil as per the
distributions or the transport in the limited period. Most of the time, the tiredness of drivers
becomes the reason of accident or certain damages, which are hurting and can turn into the
death and serious injury.
The other main issue is environmental issue. The climate changes are the major cause of the
trial in the services related to transport, this simply tries to evaluate that the environmental
changes can vary and then influence the transport system in the direct or effective manner.
The organisation then adopts the green logistics while it is a difficulty or challenge. There
this was observed that minimum effluence and the wastage has been the major matter that the
entity Qube logistics requires to meet. This company when implementing the strategies
disclose that the major target of an organisation is to produce the renewable energy that is
probable with resources and the application of the new means, which must be greatly
considered in upcoming period.
The winter season is great reason of trafficking and blocking. It is also a great issue. There
can be situation, where the roads can be closed due to traffic. It can be big barrier for the
logistics vehicles. Because of the snowfall in cities like Sydney and Queensland. According
to this example, this is observed that the travelling, which was mainly on these ways are now

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the matters of the risk and in other areas of nation particularly in Victoria and SWS, where
the organisation has the terminals and certain harbours, which are simply obtainable. These
are elements, which are making delay and there are logistics approaches, which may be
implemented where closing of roads made issues with the substitute option that are normally
available (Xu, Nourinejad, Lai and Chow, 2018). There are scattered tires and furthermore
the resolutions may be the manner where the semi-trailer may be ignored in the ways, when
the transport matters. The railway track can also be big issue while this gets stuck with the
snowfall and this normally occurs in the similar place due to the reasons of the place.
Strategies to resolve the issues related to logistics-
The effective solution for New South Wales is to improve the problems of the logistics to
establish and apply the intermodal for transport. The intermodal for transport involves more
than one unit or mode of transport that may be utilised for the transport of products. It will
open ways of seashore, airlines, and the transportation by the roads for New South Wales.
These ways of conveyance will render proper and effective services. The harbours will be
established, the international transport and domestic transport will get quick (Yu and Lin,
2016). Further, the systems of importing goods and exporting goods may get best. In this
way, each effective route for the transportation such as port, airport, river, and sea will be
open to transport and for the logistics. The organisations like Qube logistics are making plan
to discover the choices and start the services related to logistics by the rails and airports
facilities. It will render more logistics chances to New South Wales. In addition, the
transportation connections such as the railway, highway, and the internal waterway may be
improved by delaying the problems of transport faced by New South Wales. By taking the
climate issues into the consideration, the transportation connections may be opened for the
services related to logistics. The master planning may be established that links different cities

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of New South Wales with each other (Raj and Rajendran, 2012). This administers the
services of transport and the logistics. Railways were mainly made to carry the freight
however they now operate on energy. In this way, the intermodal will establish the
transportation service and logistic in New South Wales.
This has been observed that while making the use of the public transportation the flow can be
reduced with the efforts that may be conducive and may assist the function as well. It is
probable to further relocate the company and vendor in different warehouses that can be
formed as and when it was required so that the traffic can decrease and do not create the
impact on the transportation with the system of delivery time (Ebrahimnejad, 2015). This has
been found that there are some procedures that are majorly allowed for the dense materials in
different cities and this can be secure at the time which can conveniently be followed. The
special entry timings need to be different while on the other hand it can be excepted travelling
standards and rules while transportation of the weighted and heavy materials.
Another solution to the problem can be hiring the planning specialist for the effective
logistics who can analyse the routes effectively with the heavy traffics and this may leads to
the rise in the blockage if in case it is not carried with the different conditions. This has been
found that the reverse conditions has been meant with the different number of trips and the
rise in the loads that may lead to the weight of the material and vehicle with some extent to
the limit that has been allocated (Caunhye, Nie and Pokharel, 2012). This has been found that
bigger load are available which should be supplied at the end with the different modes of
transportation that are available which might again contribute in reducing the trips to
eliminate the modes like as railways and it is considered with the distributing of the goods
and services in the distant places. This is evident that there are some terminal that might be
considered while it is about the local distributor and terminals.

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The theories of the logistics management majorly include the contingency theory which is
implemented with the Qube logistics. Supply chain management is one of the effective
methods that has a planning and stage of implementation with the controlling of the diverse
and different operations that are present in the supply chain which can be used further
efficiently as possible (Tsao and Lu, 2012). Moreover, the supply chain management
randomly spans the movement which assists the storage of the material and then to go on the
next stage. It works as the work in progress inventory that realize in the complete goods. The
process begins from the point of origin and assists to maintain till the point of consumption.

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Conclusion
As per the above analysis, it can be said that there are various issues, which are faced in New
South Wales when the Qube logistics company has the main problem and the difficulty that
requires be assessing and evaluating with the logistics strategies of the possibilities. It is also
recommended to adopt the supply chain management where the local way and the global way
of logistics may be completely challenging and carried forward with resolutions and the
effective applications. There are certain issues, which are being removed when certain
approaches are implemented by the Qube logistics to resolve these issues with the
governments of New South Wales. For the development of the plans in respect of the rail
logistics, this is necessary that the reserves are existing by the governments of New South
Wales that is useful in organizational usage.

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