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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>SAP Buying Ariba: Because Software Alone is Not Enough</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2012/05/23/sap-buying-ariba-because-software-alone-is-not-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[E2Open]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GT Nexus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HighJump Software]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nistevo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cloud frenzy continues, with SAP announcing yesterday that it will acquire Ariba for $4.3 billion (a 20 percent premium over the May 21 closing price, and about 10X fiscal 2011 revenues). You can read the press release for all the details, but here is a quote from SAP Co-CEOs Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Logistics News (May 7-11, 2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Logistics Service Providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mergers-Acquistions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[alternative fuel vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar Logistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compressed natural gas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manhattan Associates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[packaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Platinum Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RedPrairie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunny Delight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TATEX]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a busy week for supply chain and logistics conferences, with Manhattan Associates, RedPrairie, and Transplace (among others) holding events this week. With 52 weeks in a year, why cram so many industry events into a single week? I still can’t figure it out, but we’ll share our takeaways from the events we attended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Logistics News (April 23-27, 2012)</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2012/04/27/this-week-in-logistics-news-april-23-27-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2012/04/27/this-week-in-logistics-news-april-23-27-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jordan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Q1 2012]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[virtualization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New product introductions and Q1 results dominated the news this week, so let’s get right to it. RedPrairie Announces New Price Tag Generator Solution JDA Software Announces Release of JDA 3D Infor Delivers the Next Step in Software: Social Business Applications Infor Teams with Amazon Web Services to Help Customers Reach the Cloud Accellos Announces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Logistics News (April 9-13, 2012)</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2012/04/13/this-week-in-logistics-news-april-9-13-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2012/04/13/this-week-in-logistics-news-april-9-13-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Logistics Service Providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mergers-Acquistions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[FedEx]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opek]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Red Sox]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Syclo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the social supply chain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UPS CrossBorder Connect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volerro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world trade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should I be concerned that Opening Day for the (1 win, 5 losses) Red Sox falls on Friday the 13th? In more important news&#8230; Volerro Launches Business Commerce Network SAP to Acquire Syclo, Extends Leadership in Mobilizing the Enterprise Oracle Introduces Business Intelligence Applications for SAP Sales &#38; Distribution and Materials Management FedEx to Acquire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kiva Systems Acquired at a Very Steep Price!</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2012/04/09/kiva-systems-acquired-at-a-very-steep-price/</link>
		<comments>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2012/04/09/kiva-systems-acquired-at-a-very-steep-price/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Material Handling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mergers-Acquistions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warehousing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AGV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automated guided vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[each picking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egemin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[robots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seegrid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon.com’s acquisition of Kiva Systems keeps coming up in my conversations with industry peers and colleagues. Kiva is a provider of advanced robotic material handling systems &#8212; or looked at in an alternative way, the company brought to market much more intelligent Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) than we had seen before. Adrian wrote about the [...]]]></description>
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