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	<title>Logistics Viewpoints: A Blog for Logistics, Supply Chain, and 3PL Executives &#187; Procurement</title>
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		<title>Amazon Kindle: The Counterfeiting Risks of Offshore Sourcing</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/07/14/amazon-kindle-the-counterfeiting-risks-of-offshore-sourcing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Supply Chain Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counterfeiting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kindle]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/07/30/transportation-procurement-remains-hot/</link>
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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[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>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance-based outsourcing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3PL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ariba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logistics procurement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PBO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[request for proposal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[selecting a 3PL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Third Party Logistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transportation procurement]]></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>
		<comments>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/06/30/supplier-survival-ford-plans-to-halve-supplier-base/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrian Gonzalez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food & Beverage Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logistics Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anheuser-Busch InBev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melissa Earlam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supplier consolidation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supplier selection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Brown]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comeback: The Fall and Rise Again of the American Automobile Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Ingrassia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PICOS]]></category>
		<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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