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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>Kiva Systems Acquired at a Very Steep Price!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<title>An &#8220;Undercover Boss&#8221; Works in a Warehouse</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2012/03/19/an-undercover-boss-works-in-a-warehouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lucas Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oriental Trading Company]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[voice recognition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had never watched an episode of the popular television show “Undercover Boss,” but when I saw in a commercial that they were taking their cameras inside a warehouse, I decided to tune in. Sam Taylor, the CEO of Oriental Trading Company (OTC), posed as a new warehouse employee. OTC is the nation’s largest direct-to-consumer [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Carl Fowler</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carl Fowler]]></category>
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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>O’Reilly Auto Parts Uses Distribution Excellence to Differentiate Itself</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 30th, O’Reilly Auto Parts gave a presentation to financial analysts from one of its distribution centers (DCs) in Kansas City, Missouri. This signaled that the company considers distribution excellence to be a core differentiator, a message that comes out loud and clear when you look through the presentation the company gave. O’Reilly Auto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Labor Management Systems (LMS) to a New Level</title>
		<link>http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2011/07/11/taking-labor-management-systems-lms-to-a-new-level/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Banker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[RedPrairie]]></category>
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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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