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LATUS Risk announced as industry finalist for Professional Excellence Award
November 25, 2016
LATUS is thrilled to be shortlisted as a finalist in the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILTA) annual awards for excellence for 2016. LATUS was nominated for “Excellence in Professional Development”, which focuses on organisations that demonstrate exceptional commitment to the development of personnel. The LATUS Logistics Executive Development Program (LEDP) was developed to […]
Supply Chain Leaders
November 17, 2016
The following presentation of Understanding and Managing Supply Chain Risk is made available by LATUS to inform you of areas of your business which may be in violation of regulations. You can take our FREE survey by clicking here. LATUS will provide you a summary of how your company compares to others and will highlight […]
New Code of Practice Signed
October 16, 2015
Last month is wrote about becoming compliant and the many traps that businesses faced in doing so. Businesses are subject to poor quality C&E consultants, many consultants that are assisting companies with the implementation of the C&E have no idea what they are doing. We are constantly coming across start up consultants that have little […]
Industry Codes of Practice
October 16, 2015
Initially it needs to be stated that the C&E Bill has now passed through the West Australian Parliament and as such is effectively operational. This means that actual compliance with the Bill is now enforceable and prosecutions could commence. So be ready for an increased effort in this area by enforcement agencies. With all […]
Policy Procedures – Chain of Responsibility
September 1, 2015
We have seen many examples of Policies and Procedures over the years. Ranging enormously in terms of quality and content. For example: Company “A”, completed a Gap Analysis of their Chain of Responsibility and were told they had 140 fail points within their system, they were duly horrified. The Board decided to get expert […]
Chain of Maintenance
July 15, 2015
What do you say “yet another bit of legislation!”— Yes the “Chain of Maintenance” is here, “what do you mean you have never heard of it?” Hmmm well probably not…. I have just created that term as I write this article. Ok so it’s something I just conjured up, but believe me it’s not a […]
Police and Industry Leading Calls to Expand Scope of Chain of Responsibility
July 15, 2015
Growing demands to expand Chain of Responsibility scope of coverage, to include drugs and alcohol, maintenance, manufacture
You NEED to Prove you took Reasonable Steps
June 3, 2015
A Court of Appeals recently upheld that it is up to the Defendant NOT the Prosecution to prove that they took Reasonable Steps. More importantly it is up the Defendant to prove what the Reasonable Steps required were, NOT the Prosecution. This has a number of implications which will be discussed over forthcoming articles. “…that […]
Load Restraint – “Load of Old Rope”
April 15, 2015
For some time there has been a lot of noise around load restraint on vehicles and in particular the use of ropes. There seems to be a love affair with Rope, maybe it’s the Boy Scout in all of us. So let me clear up a myth, – Myth – “the use of Rope will […]
Customers must be prosecuted under Chain of Responsibility
April 14, 2015
The Waste Industry is a good example of how customers must be prosecuted if change is to be effected in the transport industry. The Waste Industry needs to be cleaned up and its time the authorities took action. Larger operators are generally investing significantly in ensuring compliance with the myriad of laws that effect this […]