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	<copyright>(c) 2008, DC Velocity, a publication of Agile Business Media. All rights reserved.</copyright>
	<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 21:24:22 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feature: enroute | Express Services | forward thinking about the aftermarket]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Service-parts logistics can be a cash cow for the increasing number of companies that offer this service to their clients. Achieving flawless execution&#8212;often on just two hours' notice&#8212;is a challenge for both shipper and provider.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feature: strategic insight | Systems Integration | plug and play? No way!]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lots of vendors will tell you their material handling equipment is ready to "plug and play." But the reality is, there will still be a need for systems integrators for a long time to come.]]></description>
<category domain="http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles?channel=1">Logistics</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feature: equipment & applications | Pick to Light | in a whole new light]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[When its pick-to-light system kept breaking down, hair-care products manufacturer Goody knew it was time to update its equipment. A 2006 retrofit solved the problem while boosting productivity and accuracy.]]></description>
<category domain="http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles?channel=1">Logistics</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feature: vertical focus | Apparel | earning its stripes]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's never easy going green, but it's especially challenging for apparel makers that outsource production to countries thousands of miles away. Here's what one apparel company, Adidas, is doing to make its supply chain more eco-friendly.]]></description>
<category domain="http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles?channel=1">Logistics</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feature: thought leaders | The DC Velocity Q&A | pushing the envelope: interview with Paul Vogel]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/index.php?article_id=1866&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[From the pony express to its experiments with missile-based mail delivery, the USPS has never been shy about trying new ventures. Now it's making a play for a bigger share of the international business-mail market, and Paul Vogel's in charge.]]></description>
<category domain="http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles?channel=1">Logistics</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feature: special report | Salary Survey | working hard for the money]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/index.php?article_id=1867&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[DC VELOCITY's annual salary survey reveals that logistics/supply chain professionals are logging marathon hours on the job. But are they treated right?]]></description>
<category domain="http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles?channel=1">Logistics</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Viewpoints: basic training: making the DC safe and productive]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/viewpoints/index.php?article_id=1832&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[You have nothing to lose and a lot to gain from implementing a sound ergonomics program in your warehouse or DC.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Viewpoints: byways: life in the slow lane]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/viewpoints/index.php?article_id=1833&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A very simple step could cut over-the-road fuel use by millions of gallons and carbon emissions by hundreds of millions of pound: Slow down.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Viewpoints: big picture: supply chain 2010 ... are you ready?]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/viewpoints/index.php?article_id=1838&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[How will companies drive down supply chain costs in the future while shipping exponentially more product?]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Viewpoints: fastlane: global outsourcing's midlife crisis]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/viewpoints/index.php?article_id=1839&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Although the supply chain industry represents the very essence of the global economy, a surprising number of logistics service providers and their clients seem to be having difficulty defining a clear global outsourcing strategy.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Viewpoints: special handling: a worldwide evolution]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/viewpoints/index.php?article_id=1840&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[You don't read much about the logistics business in the newspaper, yet worldwide activity in DC construction and advances in logistics are transforming the global economy.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Viewpoints: labor pool: let's get serious!]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/viewpoints/index.php?article_id=1841&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[You may never be able to get buy-in from 100 percent of your staff, but there are some things you can do to make them more receptive to training.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Viewpoints: outbound: incoming mail!]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/viewpoints/index.php?article_id=1848&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[He had to be kidding. That was my reaction to Paul Vogel's off-handed remark about the U.S. Postal Service's use of military missiles to deliver mail.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Viewpoints: rfidwatch: RFID: ready to roll]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/viewpoints/index.php?article_id=1861&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Advanced ID Corp. has received an order for 2 million RFID tags from Chinese tire producer Mesnac, which had previously tested the technology in tires for trucks, buses, and passenger vehicles.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News: Port of LA goes Hollywood]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Most of us probably have never thought of port operations as a source of entertainment.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News: ... and so does CSCMP]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1843&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Well, not exactly. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) can't boast of a starring role on TV, but it has produced a couple of educational videos that bring the business of supply chain management to the small screen.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News: supply chain career on ice]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1844&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hockey aficionados are fond of giving nicknames to successful forward lines&#8212;the groupings of center, right wing, and left wing that "click" and thus, score lots of goals.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News: Friedmann's fearless forecast]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1845&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Getting Peter A. Friedmann's personal take on what's happening in Washington is a unique experience.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1845</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[News: burning the midnight oil&#8212;literally]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1846&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Most of the time, burning oil is a bad thing; think of thick, dark smoke pouring out of a truck's exhaust pipe as it tools down the highway.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News: robot man]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1847&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[To the average citizen, the word "robot" conjures up images of sci-fi movies and "Lost in Space" episodes.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News: truckers ask Bush for relief at the pumps]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1850&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[With fuel prices remaining at historical highs, should the U.S. government intervene and bring some relief to truckers and the overall economy? The American Trucking Associations (ATA) thinks so.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News: one DC we hope never gets busy: U.S. agency opens DC for supplies to fight bird flu outbreak]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1851&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's not often that you construct a warehouse and hope to never use it.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News: a new angle in warehouse design: Wisconsin DC tests "fishbone" aisle]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1852&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[What started out as a proposal in an academic paper on innovative warehouse layouts is getting its first live test in a Wisconsin distribution center.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News: MIT builds to SCALE: school announces worldwide supply chain research network]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1853&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[With supply chains now spanning the globe, it makes sense that supply chain research should, too.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1853</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[News: sneak attack: CBP's quiet reinterpretation of duty rule could cost shippers a bundle]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1854&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Importers are feeling like someone is trying to pull a fast one. Without fanfare&#8212;or, apparently, consultation with the trade community or Congress&#8212; the U.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1854</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[News: on-demand Webcast to feature results of warehouse metrics study]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1858&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The annual study on warehousing metrics featured in our April issue and sponsored by Ryder System and the Staubach Co.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcvelocity.com/news/index.php?article_id=1858</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Coursework: before you sign on the dotted line ...]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/careerdev/index.php?article_id=1834&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Unraveling the complexities of motor-freight contracts is no task for the novice.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcvelocity.com/careerdev/index.php?article_id=1834</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Coursework: follow that Peep!]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/careerdev/index.php?article_id=1835&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[They all made it into Easter baskets this past March, but Marshmallow Peeps and Hershey's Kisses got there by very different routes&#8212;or at least by routes created via very different methods.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcvelocity.com/careerdev/index.php?article_id=1835</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Coursework: it's not easy being lean ...]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/careerdev/index.php?article_id=1836&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[According to the principles of lean management, excellence means never being quite satisfied.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coursework: can't wait to collaborate?]]></title>
<link>http://www.dcvelocity.com/careerdev/index.php?article_id=1837&amp;referrer=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[How do you translate your pie-in-the-sky strategic supply chain vision into a tactical plan that everyone can agree on? According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Business, the answer lies in the effective use of decision tools and collaboration.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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