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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>Ergonomics and Warehouse Robots</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe mobile robots will eventually change the face of warehousing. Kiva Systems, for example, has developed robots for each picking that can retrieve a small, square rack with multiple slots. The robot brings the rack to the worker, spins it so the correct facing is towards the picker, and then the slot to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ergonomic Material Handling Reduces Injuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently, with the weak economy, many companies are not thinking so much  about labor shortages. But here is a sobering thought: In 2011, the oldest of the 76 million baby boomers (people born between 1945 and 1964) will turn 65, the traditional retirement age. A systematic labor shortage is expected to impact many industries.  In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Logistics News (August 2-6, 2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Menlo Worldwide Logistics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m still catching up from my brief vacation. But here is what caught our attention this week: Dematic Group Announces Intent to acquire HK Systems Con-way Inc. Reports Second-Quarter Results For 2010 YRC Worldwide Reports Second Quarter Results Postal Service Ends Third Quarter with $3.5 Billion Loss SAP Releases Sustainability Update Including Carbon for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highly-Automated DCs Need an Asset Performance Management Program</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/07/19/highly-automated-dcs-need-an-asset-performance-management-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARC recently published a strategic report called Asset Performance Management: An IT Perspective (available to ARC clients only). As I read through the report, I started thinking about a distribution center (DC) I recently visited. This 750,000 sq. ft. warehouse, which cost $250 million to build, made extensive use of conveyors and sorters directing jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kellogg&#8217;s Use of Automated Guided Vehicles</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/06/14/kelloggs-use-of-automated-guided-vehicles/</link>
		<comments>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/06/14/kelloggs-use-of-automated-guided-vehicles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ongoing developments in intelligent and flexible material handling systems, which are basically robots, continue to fascinate me. For example, automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) used to be fairly dumb machines that moved from point to point by following a preset trail of magnets in the warehouse floor. Humans loaded them at one end of the [...]]]></description>
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