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	<title>Logistics Viewpoints: A Blog for Logistics, Supply Chain, and 3PL Executives &#187; Global Trade</title>
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		<title>This Week in Logistics News (Mar 1-5 2010)</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/03/05/this-week-in-logistics-news-mar-1-5-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s always something going on in the world of supply chain and logistics. Here are some noteworthy news items from this week:

December 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 10.5 Percent from December 2008
U.S. lawmakers launch push to repeal NAFTA
Postal Service Outlines 10-Year Plan to Address Declining Revenue, Volume
Secretary LaHood Applauds Passage of Highway [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Logistics News (Feb 22-26 2010)</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/02/26/this-week-in-logistics-news-feb-22-26-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent a few days this week at the SAP Insider Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2010 conference. I’ll share my takeaways from this event next week. In the meantime, here’s some of the news that caught our attention this week:

RedPrairie to be acquired by New Mountain Capital
Walmart Announces Goal to Eliminate 20 Million Metric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The National Export Initiative: A Catalyst for GTM Software Sales</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/02/08/the-national-export-initiative-a-catalyst-for-gtm-software-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/02/08/the-national-export-initiative-a-catalyst-for-gtm-software-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ARC Advisory Group]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the U.S. Commerce Secretary, Gary Locke, unveiled details of the National Export Initiative (NEI), a new effort by President Obama aimed at doubling U.S. exports over the next five years to support 2 million jobs in America. According to the press release, NEI is focused on three key areas:

A more robust effort by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Logistics and Supply Chain News (Jan 18-22)</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/01/22/this-week-in-logistics-and-supply-chain-news-jan-18-22/</link>
		<comments>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/01/22/this-week-in-logistics-and-supply-chain-news-jan-18-22/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on the popularity of last week’s version, we’ve decided to make this “news roundup” the focus of our Friday postings. Here is some of the news that crossed our desks (actually, our computer screens, email inboxes, iPhone, etc.) and caught our attention this week:

UPS Makes it Easier for Customers to Utilize LTL Freight Tools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100% Cargo Inspection: A Means to What End?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hau Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher Supply Chain Security with Lower Cost: Lessons from Total Quality Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michaele Salahi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspecting 100 percent of all ocean cargo for ‘weapons of mass destruction’ or other contraband sounds reasonable, unless you’ve worked in manufacturing and understand that the need for inspections is a symptom of poorly designed and controlled processes.
The call to inspect all inbound ocean containers began shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the requirement [...]]]></description>
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