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	<itunes:summary>Viewpoints On the Air is a podcast series produced by Logistics Viewpoints (www.logisticsviewpoints.com), a leading blog for industry executives focused on supply chain and logistics trends, technologies, and services. This podcast series features industry experts Adrian Gonzalez and Steve Banker interviewing leaders in the supply chain and logistics field from manufacturing, retail, third party logistics, and technology companies. Discussion topics include emerging trends in technology and service offerings, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and legislative developments, and other topics of interest and importance to supply chain and logistics executives.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Guest Commentary: Cultural Transformation is at the Core of Continuous Improvement in  Warehousing and Distribution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, more than ever before, companies are looking for ways to implement Lean manufacturing concepts into their distribution and warehousing network as a way to control costs and improve operational performance. This research often leads to the purchase of new technology or equipment. But while investment in these tools might create incremental savings, there’s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Logistics News (July 18-22, 2011)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Temperatures are supposed to reach 100F in Boston today, and other parts of the country are going through a heat wave too. It seems like only yesterday that several feet of snow covered my driveway, lawn, and every inch of the city, which is why this card says it all today: Now for the news: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Labor Management Systems (LMS) to a New Level</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, I wrote about how DSC Logistics implemented a labor management system (LMS) and how it helped the company improve labor productivity at its warehouses. Regular readers of Logistics Viewpoints know that I am a big fan of LMS because of its robust ROI. DSC Logistics got a 20 percent improvement in warehouse labor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the AND in the EITHER/OR: Trader Joe&#8217;s and False Tradeoffs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 16:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want this, then you can’t have that&#8230;at least not for the same price or level of service. We’re quick to point out tradeoffs as sellers, and we’re often quick to accept them as buyers, sometimes without question. But questioning tradeoffs, negating them, proving them false&#8212;finding the AND in the EITHER/OR&#8212;is a path to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Commentary: Labor Optimization in the New World</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2011/03/17/guest-commentary-labor-optimization-in-the-new-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Schnorbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the speed and agility of supply chains evolves, the way in which labor resources are optimized also needs to evolve in order to keep pace with the changing buying behaviors of consumers. When retailers add the ability to change where and how products are fulfilled, they also need the ability to flex resources up [...]]]></description>
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