Manufacturing

Business & Economics
These eight tests will help you decide which of your innovation ideas is going to be a winner
Effectively testing new ideas requires a systematic and structured approach from evaluation through to release

Business & Economics
COVID-19’s ongoing supply chain chaos
As we head into the holidays, COVID-19’s disruption to our supply chains has created shortages, backlogs and global delays – but are we over the worst of it?

Arts & Culture
When department stores were more than just stores
Australia’s Foy & Gibson department store once dominated Melbourne, with showrooms, factories and warehouses spread over 500,000 square feet, and while it no longer exists, its legacy lives on

Environment
The future is prefabricated
Commonly used in much of Europe, prefabrication is a more environmentally sustainable and socially beneficial way to build, and it’s taking off in Australia too

Business & Economics
Ex-auto workers could boost clean energy industry
Australia’s 100-year-old auto manufacturing industry will finally come to an end later this month, but workers’ skills would translate to the storable electricity industry

Sciences & Technology
How objects could soon ‘heal’ themselves
A new 3D printed gel that can heal like living tissue, and change form in response to environments, has myriad applications from fixing cracked phone screens to adaptive camouflage

Sciences & Technology
Engineering the perfect Easter egg
Precision timing means cocoa butter melts at just the right temperature