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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>Amazon Kindle: The Counterfeiting Risks of Offshore Sourcing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When companies construct supply chains around new products, they often decide to engage with partners in China or other low-wage nations for manufacturing. However, this choice comes with the risk of counterfeiting.  ARC recently published a strategic report titled “Global Strategies for Anti-Counterfeiting and Brand Protection” by Janice Abel and John Blanchard (available to ARC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transportation Procurement Remains Hot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[3PLs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i2 Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LeanLogistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logistics Service Providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manhattan Associates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MercuryGate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in May, I wrote a piece on how transportation procurement is “hot” right now (plus a follow-up piece called “Transportation Procurement: Another Viewpoint”).  A couple of weeks ago, I gave a keynote presentation at a transportation management seminar organized by Manhattan Associates and CSC for executives in the Boston area.  Terry Norton, VP of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Search of a Smart 3PL Request-for-Proposal</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/07/15/in-search-of-a-smart-3pl-request-for-proposal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Logistics Outsourcing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ariba]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was speaking with a sales executive at a leading logistics service provider (3PL) earlier this week and I asked him a simple question: &#8220;Do you have an example of a good RFP from a customer or prospect that you believe asks all the right questions a prospective customer should ask?&#8221; Boy, did I hit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supplier Survival: Ford Plans to Halve Supplier Base</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/06/30/supplier-survival-ford-plans-to-halve-supplier-base/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Logistics Trends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anheuser-Busch InBev]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Melissa Earlam]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a Reuters news report, Ford plans to &#8220;identify 850 suppliers eligible for its future business by the end of this year, down from 1,683 suppliers last year.&#8221;  Tony Brown, Ford&#8217;s group vice president of global purchasing, is quoted as saying, &#8220;We&#8217;ve accelerated our efforts&#8230;to rationalize the supply base in order to get to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Procurement and Supply Chain Folks Exist in the Same Universe?</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/06/11/do-procurement-and-supply-chain-guys-exist-in-the-same-universe/</link>
		<comments>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/06/11/do-procurement-and-supply-chain-guys-exist-in-the-same-universe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Comeback: The Fall and Rise Again of the American Automobile Industry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul Ingrassia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Purchased Input Concept Optimization with Suppliers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While conducting an Internet search, I came across a course offered by The Quest Team to sales people in the semiconductor industry.  The course is called &#8220;Combating Aggressive Supply Chain Management:  Strategies and Tactics for Leveling the Playing Field&#8221;.  Here is part of the course description: &#8220;The SEM industry has been hit with increasingly aggressive [...]]]></description>
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