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	<title>Wtg News, Energy, Supply Chain, Pharma, HR, Food Industry News &#187; Manufacturing and Supply Chain</title>
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		<title>Top 5 Manufacturing and Supply Chain Webinars of 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/12/top-5-manufacturing-and-supply-chain-webinars-of-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[globalisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inventory optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lean management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MES/MOM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image Manufacturing and Supply Chain is slowly starting to become my new favourite sector, and in my opinion it’s definitely the sector to watch out for in 2012. With the massive complex problems the world faces in terms of the economy, employment and environmental and social sustainability, solving the key [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effective logistics recruitment strategies</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/11/effective-logistics-recruitment-strategies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supply Chain and Logistics North America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logistics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image Brian Devine is Vice President of ProLogistix, a staffing firm which focuses exclusively on logistics personnel often for 3PLs and other supply chain segments. With over 40 million man hours recorded the last five years, Devine shared some of the unique and extensive experiences his firm has had in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Inventory Optimization?</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/11/what-is-inventory-optimization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inventory optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain innovation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image For years, supply chain planners have used outdated inventory management models. The result has been that companies have had to suffer unnecessary inefficiencies, adding extra woe to their ERP performance in an already ultracompetitive market. What is Traditional Inventory Planning? Traditional approaches to inventory planning are based on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid Back Injuries with an Electric Hand Truck</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/10/cost-containment-avoid-back-injuries-with-an-electric-hand-truck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/10/cost-containment-avoid-back-injuries-with-an-electric-hand-truck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Lauderdale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health and safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[injury claim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lift’n Buddy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas R Cutler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image Workforce health and safety is paramount and the data clearly shows that repetitive lifting, lowering, and moving injuries costs businesses millions of dollars each year. Automating those tasks significantly reduces the potential for injuries and costly downtime. No approach has been found for totally eliminating back injuries caused by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving your SAP performance</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/10/improving-your-sap-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wtg Webinars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EveryAngle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT solution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacques Adriaansen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operational excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operational performance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image Businesses are confronted with constant change. It is a constant challenge for supporting IT departments to react to these changes to provide the necessary information timely for managerial KPI purposes (Measure) and operational purposes (analyze and improve business processes). These are two critical characterisitcs towards effective manufacturing management, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effectively Improve Performance with a real-time MES/MOM</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/09/a-real-time-mesmom-effectively-improve-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[business efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSM Systems AG]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[measurable progress]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Schuerch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image No matter what your industry or company size, the key to sustainable improvements in your manufacturing process is to install a real time MES, or commonly now known as MOM, as an IT solution to empower your entire end to end manufacturing process. MOM Manufacturing Operations Management is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should you focus on your customers when designing your Supply Chain?</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/09/the-benefits-of-switching-to-a-value-chain-segmentation-approach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/09/the-benefits-of-switching-to-a-value-chain-segmentation-approach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supply Chain and Logistics North America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wtg Webinars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer needs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ken Koenemann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TBM Consulting Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[value chain segmentation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image Achieving greater production success and efficiency boils down to optimised manufacturing processes. Developing new information technology, supplier development programs and redesigning distribution networks has made this possible. However, an integral element commonly overlooked in this supply chain optimization strategy, is the needs of the customer. Value Chain Segmentation A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Business Activity Monitoring Software?</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/09/business-activity-monitoring-for-the-next-generation-enterprise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/09/business-activity-monitoring-for-the-next-generation-enterprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supply Chain and Logistics North America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wtg Webinars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Sheppard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Activity Monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Martins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Peers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LSG solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operational performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orgnaisational change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real time KPIs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategic manufacturing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to see full size image In today’s rapidly evolving market, dealing with the volume and variety of business information flooding through internal and external departments can be a daunting challenge for even the best of us. Analysis is a significant area of business, however many organisations struggle to get to grips with it. Enhancing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voice Picking Automation Proves Perfect for Perkins Paper</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/06/3000/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/06/3000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perkins paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pickin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T.R Cutler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voice picking automation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Perkins Paper, the number one priority is shipping the right product, on time, every time. This commitment to service spurred managers at the broadline food-service distributor to implement voice automation technology to improve order selection and delivery accuracy.

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		<title>Job Shop Experience Drives Technology Solution</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/05/job-shop-experience-drives-technology-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/05/job-shop-experience-drives-technology-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 10:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monitor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scheduling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shop floor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TR Cutler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tracking software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wtg Webinars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Ehemann and Rich Ehemann, Shoptech’s (www.shoptech.com) founding partners, have been around job shops their entire careers. While working in a machine shop in Cincinnati, Ohio during the 1980’s, Greg and his brother Rich were frustrated that they could not determine whether they were making or losing money on a job.]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Gold Partner Streamline Systems Finds Differentiation Using Business Impact Assessment</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/05/microsoft-gold-partner-streamline-systems-finds-differentiation-using-business-impact-assessment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/05/microsoft-gold-partner-streamline-systems-finds-differentiation-using-business-impact-assessment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 11:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supply Chain and Logistics North America]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ERP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impact assessment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thomas R Cutler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best Microsoft Gold Partners all consider themselves strategic partners for their clients, not merely technology solutions providers.  Larry Cohn, the Senior Partner, at Streamline Systems, www.streamlinesys.com, a Microsoft Gold Partner, has developed a unique program that demonstrates Gold Partners are not all the same.  According to Cohn, “We offer and deliver Business Impact Assessments, Business Process Workshops, and Project Scoping to increase our customers’ success rate.”

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		<title>Automation for the Food Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/05/automation-for-the-food-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 11:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food and Beverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[automation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saftey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suppliers of end-of-line automation and material handling in the food sector have a distinct scope of technology to consider, including various types of palletizing robots, stretch wrapping equipment, labeling systems, pallet control systems, and laser-guided automatic vehicles.

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		<title>Improving Inventory Accuracy with WMS and WCS</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/04/improving-inventory-accuracy-with-wms-and-wcs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distribution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inventory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lean]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PLM]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TR Cutler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warehouse management systems for must deliver efficient and lean material distribution operation systems through unrivaled personnel, inventory, and equipment management. According to Mark Stevenson, “Warehouse Management Systems must link the logistic environment and the equipment available in the warehouse and consists of two main modules.”]]></description>
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		<title>Equipment Dealers Getting Squeezed by Supply Chain Demands</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/02/equipment-dealers-getting-squeezed-by-supply-chain-demands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2011/02/equipment-dealers-getting-squeezed-by-supply-chain-demands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Manufacturing Strategies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Supply Chain and Logistics North America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equip-Soft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equipment life cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grant Skinner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opportunity Management (OM) and Campaign Management (CM)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rental equipment business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Force Automation (SFA)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas R. Cutler                                                                                                                                                Equipment distributors run the gamut of industry sectors from Material Handling equipment, Agricultural Equipment, Pumps, Power Generation, Office Automation, Construction Equipment, Trucks and buses, Medical Equipment, Audio Visual Equipment, and Electronic Payment Devices.  Each of these businesses want to improve their bottom line through improved business efficiency; specifically, finding better ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology Elements Critical for Food Safety and Quality</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/11/technology-elements-critical-for-food-safety-and-quality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Technology, Innovation & Safety Forum NA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology Elements Critical for Food Safety and Quality include: Built in Quality Procedures enforcing Quality Audits at various stages of material movement from receiving through to shipping. A Preventive Maintenance module ensuring proper maintenance of plant facilities and production equipment. Inventory picking based on “First Expiry First Out” principals, enforcing inventory picking through directed or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organisations unsure about improving manufacturing execution</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/11/organisations-unsure-about-improving-manufacturing-execution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/11/organisations-unsure-about-improving-manufacturing-execution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several manufacturing organisations are uncertain about the initial short list of potential MES vendors, according to a new study by IDC Manufacturing Insights. Several manufacturing organisations are uncertain about the initial short list of potential MES vendors, according to a new study by IDC Manufacturing Insights. This new study &#8216;Vendor Assessment: MES Strategies Part 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Can Sales and Operations Planning Help You?</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/11/how-can-sales-and-operations-planning-help-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/11/how-can-sales-and-operations-planning-help-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bringing demand and production planning in line can make all the difference as companies strive to meet the challenge of rising orders In many ways, vigorous new companies have it made. Built around ambitious, capable individuals each responsible for an element of the business, they communicate effectively, collaborate, adapt quickly to the marketplace and work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Globalisation: Stretching the supply chain</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/globalisation-stretching-the-supply-chain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/globalisation-stretching-the-supply-chain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies are much more vulnerable to problems created by crumbling infrastructure around the world. In August, a traffic jam in China saw a 100 km queue of vehicles develop on a major motorway. The blockage on the Beijing-Tibet expressway was due to road works to repair damage caused by a massive increase in cargo lorries, many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real-time Shop Floor Data Increasing Important as Manufacturing Returns to Growth</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/real-time-shop-floor-data-increasing-important-as-manufacturing-returns-to-growth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/10/real-time-shop-floor-data-increasing-important-as-manufacturing-returns-to-growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Manufacturing Strategies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasingly as manufacturers return to expansion, the demands of existing and new customers, drives the need to increase the number of shop floor machines to improve capacity.  This rapid growth often means losing control of production output.]]></description>
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		<title>PLM Market Makes Strong Rebound in First Half of 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/plm-market-makes-strong-rebound-in-first-half-of-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/plm-market-makes-strong-rebound-in-first-half-of-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate.Marston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Manufacturing Strategies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the global economic downturn in 2009 impacted revenues for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) suppliers, revenues for the first two quarters of 2010 reflect a strong rebound in new licenses and overall PLM business.]]></description>
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		<title>Oracle Unveils Comprehensive Capabilities for Pharmaceutical Drug Development with Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) 9.3.1</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/oracle-unveils-comprehensive-capabilities-for-pharmaceutical-drug-development-with-oracle%e2%80%99s-agile-product-lifecycle-management-plm-9-3-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate.Marston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[European Manufacturing Strategies (EMS) Summit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latest Release Adds Significant New Functionality to Improve Product Value Chain Processes Across Industries]]></description>
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		<title>Oracle&#8217;s Agile PLM gains popularity</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/oracles-agile-plm-gains-popularity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/oracles-agile-plm-gains-popularity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taz Burwaiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently spoke to Oracle about their Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, which has crowned them the leader in the PLM market. Here is some information on what it is and how it can be of benefit to an enterprise: * After its acquisition and integration of Agile Software Corporation, Oracle has been able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Implementing MES, compliance, developing products and PLM</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/implementing-mes-compliance-developing-products-and-plm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/implementing-mes-compliance-developing-products-and-plm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a look at what we have coming up for you over the next couple months in the Manufacturing and Supply Chain sector from WTG Webinars. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pack-to-Light Proves Perfect Process for Distribution Centers</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/pack-to-light-proves-perfect-process-for-distribution-centers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/09/pack-to-light-proves-perfect-process-for-distribution-centers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of January 1, 2010, Charlotte Russe operated over 500 stores throughout 45 states and Puerto Rico.  Charlotte Russe stores deliver style in clothing and accessories, providing an exciting, fashionable assortment of merchandise that compliments virtually every facet of their customers’ lifestyle. ]]></description>
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		<title>Demand for UK-made goods continues to improve</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/demand-for-uk-made-goods-continues-to-improve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/demand-for-uk-made-goods-continues-to-improve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gemma Fuller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[European Manufacturing Strategies (EMS) Summit]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wtgnews.com/?p=2445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UK manufacturers saw demand for their goods continue to improve in August, as overseas orders returned to normal levels, according to the CBI. Responding to the latest CBI monthly Industrial Trends Survey, 21% of manufacturers said that total orders were above normal and 34% said they were below. The resulting rounded balance of -14% is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neil Young, Tyson Foods team to help Gulf Coast</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/neil-young-tyson-foods-team-to-help-gulf-coast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/neil-young-tyson-foods-team-to-help-gulf-coast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate.Marston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Tyson Foods says it&#8217;s teaming with music legend Neil Young in an effort to relieve hunger along the Gulf Coast, hit hard economically by a spill that coated beaches with oil at a time of year when they would normally be crowded with tourists. Tyson Foods said Tuesday in a news release that it would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slow computers holding back manufacturing firms</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/slow-computers-holding-back-manufacturing-firms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/slow-computers-holding-back-manufacturing-firms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica.Archer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[European Manufacturing Strategies (EMS) Summit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A concurrent analysis of Twitter revealed over a thousand tweets in a month by UK members frustrated at their sluggish PCs. For example, &#8220;THIS COMPUTER SO **** SLOW YOU GOTTA TURN IT ON MONDAY JUST TO USE IT FRIDAY&#8221;; &#8220;my computer is being so slow right now&#8221;; &#8220;work is so boring today because my computer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J&amp;J unveils plans for manufacturing overhaul</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/jj-unveils-plans-for-manufacturing-overhaul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/jj-unveils-plans-for-manufacturing-overhaul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gemma Fuller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnson &#38; Johnson is poised for an overhaul of its manufacturing operations as the company strives to leave behind a stream of recalls of its over-the-counter medicines and production setbacks. In order to boost quality the company has decided to put in a place a single, company-wide manufacturing, quality and compliance framework, to be overseen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can PLM support your business?</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/how-can-plm-support-your-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/how-can-plm-support-your-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PLM has moved away from the traditional role of engineering data management is now considered a total strategic business support. Capable of unlocking information and disseminating across the entire value chain.]]></description>
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		<title>New Keynote Speaker announced for Food Manufacturing &amp; Safety Forum 2011: Dr. Michael O. Okoroafor, VP Packaging &#8211; R&amp;D and Innovation, H.J. Heinz Company</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-keynote-speaker-announced-for-food-manufacturing-safety-forum-2011-dr-michael-o-okoroafor-vp-packaging-rd-and-innovation-h-j-heinz-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-keynote-speaker-announced-for-food-manufacturing-safety-forum-2011-dr-michael-o-okoroafor-vp-packaging-rd-and-innovation-h-j-heinz-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Quinn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food and Beverage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am delighted to announce a new Keynote Speaker for next January&#8217;s inaugural Food Manufacturing &#38; Safety Forum which will take place January 31st-February 1st, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla, San Diego, California. Click to see full size image Dr. Okoroafor will talk about the changing world of food packaging in manufacturing and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New webinar: How Tyson Foods Ensures Compliance and Develops Better Products More Efficiently</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-webinar-how-tyson-foods-ensures-compliance-and-develops-better-products-more-efficiently/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/new-webinar-how-tyson-foods-ensures-compliance-and-develops-better-products-more-efficiently/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle and Tyson foods will present a unique insight into how they leverage PLM to achieve better results]]></description>
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		<title>The Supply Chain Strain Is Changing the Way Manufacturers Do Business</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/the-supply-chain-strain-is-changing-the-way-manufacturers-do-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/the-supply-chain-strain-is-changing-the-way-manufacturers-do-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supply Chain and Logistics North America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic downturn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPMG]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As growing demand boosts production in the second half of 2010, some companies will fail to meet output due to struggles in the supply chain.

Earnings season has shown industrial companies' surging profits in the first half of the year and increased optimism for the months to come. Emerging market strength and stable raw material prices have helped the manufacturing boost.]]></description>
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		<title>Apollo on hunt for new supply chain partners</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/apollo-on-hunt-for-new-supply-chain-partners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/apollo-on-hunt-for-new-supply-chain-partners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apollo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refurbishment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Property renovation specialist Apollo is looking to sign-up new subcontractors and manufacturers to its supply chain.

The refurbishment giant is hosting a series of supply chain events across the UK in a bid to attract new firms.]]></description>
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		<title>Six Sigma: Europe’s most successful adopters</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/six-sigma-europe%e2%80%99s-most-successful-adopters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/six-sigma-europe%e2%80%99s-most-successful-adopters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Performance Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Manufacturing Strategies (EMS) Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six Sigma, the business management strategy initiated by Motorola in 1981, has continued over the years as a truly enduring approach to cutting the fat and reducing defects in business. In Europe, as opposed to the US, the management of such a strategy across a continent of different languages and cultures is an obstacle that must be overcome for some companies that transcend Europe – in firms that simultaneously are striving to apply Six Sigma in various departments in their company.]]></description>
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		<title>US bill would give FDA more powers to regulate supply chain</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/us-bill-would-give-fda-more-powers-to-regulate-supply-chain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/us-bill-would-give-fda-more-powers-to-regulate-supply-chain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Drug Manufacturing Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill designed to give the US Food and Drug Administration greater powers to oversee the pharmaceutical supply chain has been introduced by Colorado Senator Michael Bennett.]]></description>
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		<title>Role of HR in Lean Management</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/role-of-hr-in-lean-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/08/role-of-hr-in-lean-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Performance Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European HR Director's Business Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Manufacturing Strategies (EMS) Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As it is, if we may apply Lean, as a property possessed by a line that departs from the vertical, it surely does bring in a change in our routined work life. Here in we discuss about the role of the HR department to help in Lean Management. ]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart: &#8220;A decade until Indian supply chain up to scratch&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/07/walmart-a-decade-until-indian-supply-chain-up-to-scratch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/07/walmart-a-decade-until-indian-supply-chain-up-to-scratch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[European Supply Chain & Logistics Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[india]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walmart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Us retail giant Walmart has admitted that potential supply chain issues could make any future expansion in India problematic - for as long as a decade.]]></description>
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		<title>India targets more links in Africa’s food supply chain</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/07/india-targets-more-links-in-africa%e2%80%99s-food-supply-chain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/07/india-targets-more-links-in-africa%e2%80%99s-food-supply-chain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[European Supply Chain & Logistics Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supply Chain and Logistics North America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[india]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Currently India is South Africa’s sixth-largest Asian trading partner, with total trade between the two countries reaching $4.4 billion in 2008, thanks to rise in both exports &#038; imports of agriculture, food and technology based products.]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding a Distribution Facility Helped Hy-Vee Increase Productivity and Storage Capacity</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/expanding-a-distribution-facility-helped-hy-vee-increase-productivity-and-storage-capacity-t-r-cutler/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/expanding-a-distribution-facility-helped-hy-vee-increase-productivity-and-storage-capacity-t-r-cutler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distribution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hy-Vee is a touchstone for Midwest consumers’ desire for information on diet, nutrition and wellness topics.   Hy-Vee was expanding the Cherokee, Iowa facility recently and according to Tod Hockenson, Vice-President of Distribution, “We contacted several rack suppliers and the project was awarded to Integrated Systems Group (ISG) based on price, expertise, and past customer service.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Product shortages in supply chain driven by allocation ghosts in past</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/product-shortages-in-supply-chain-driven-by-allocation-ghosts-in-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/product-shortages-in-supply-chain-driven-by-allocation-ghosts-in-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wtgexpert.com/?p=1956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[True, manufacturers have been reluctant to add capacity, but who could blame them? Just 10 years ago, our industry nearly imploded under the weight of excess inventory liabilities. I don't think anyone wants to relive those dark days - I know I don't. This is exactly what suppliers are trying to avoid. On both a global and industry-specific level, the recovery has been somewhat tenuous. Business is looking up, but long-term predictability is uncertain. Economic indicators are trending toward the positive, but still fall short of full-blown recovery.]]></description>
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		<title>DHL’S £100M SCHOOL FOOD BILL TASTER</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/dhl%e2%80%99s-100m-school-food-bill-taster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/dhl%e2%80%99s-100m-school-food-bill-taster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nhs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SUPPLY chain management firm DHL is whetting the Government’s appetite for budget cuts by claiming it could make £100million in savings from outsourcing food-buying operations for schools]]></description>
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		<title>Railway industry to be told to put the brakes on its &#8216;unsustainable&#8217; costs</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/railway-industry-to-be-told-to-put-the-brakes-on-its-unsustainable-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/railway-industry-to-be-told-to-put-the-brakes-on-its-unsustainable-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[railway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wtgexpert.com/?p=1946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Office of Rail Regulation study found Network Rail was 30% more expensive than German and French counterparts. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters The rail industry will be told it needs radical changes to its &#8220;unsustainable&#8221; cost structure when the government publishes the terms of an in-depth study into the sector&#8217;s strained finances this week. The former chairman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Logistics Industry Poised for Rebound</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/u-s-logistics-industry-poised-for-rebound/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/u-s-logistics-industry-poised-for-rebound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CSCMP's "State of Logistics Report®" Reveals U.S. Logistics Industry Follows Economy as 2009 Logistics Costs Drop For the Second Year]]></description>
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		<title>Sainsbury&#8217;s tests new technology to trim food waste</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/sainsburys-tests-new-technology-to-trim-food-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/06/sainsburys-tests-new-technology-to-trim-food-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Fang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Retailer rolls out new supply chain system designed to slash food waste caused by rainy barbeque weekends
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		<title>OmniVue Discusses On-Demand, Hosted, On-Premise Applications</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/05/omnivue-discusses-on-demand-hosted-on-premise-applications/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/05/omnivue-discusses-on-demand-hosted-on-premise-applications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 10:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On Demand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OmniVue’s Managing Director Jeff Pyden was recently interviewed by Manufacturing Journalist TR Cutler.  Pyden was able to clearly articulate how companies should decide whether an On-Demand, Hosted, or On-Premise Application best suits business accounting and customer management needs.]]></description>
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		<title>Demand for insurance solutions grows as volcanic ash disrupts supply chains… again</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/05/demand-for-insurance-solutions-grows-as-volcanic-ash-disrupts-supply-chains%e2%80%a6-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/05/demand-for-insurance-solutions-grows-as-volcanic-ash-disrupts-supply-chains%e2%80%a6-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 14:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gemma Fuller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volcano]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Traditionally, insurance coverage for supply chain disruption has required physical damage to the insured’s assets to trigger a claim. However, following ongoing air traffic disruption caused by the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano, as well as industrial action in key transport sectors and civil unrest overseas, Marsh has seen increased interest from organisations wanting supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug giant Pfizer to cut 6,000 jobs, 8 plants in wake of Wyeth purchase</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/05/drug-giant-pfizer-to-cut-6000-jobs-8-plants-in-wake-of-wyeth-purchase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/05/drug-giant-pfizer-to-cut-6000-jobs-8-plants-in-wake-of-wyeth-purchase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 14:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gemma Fuller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wtgexpert.com/?p=1879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pfizer will cut 6,000 jobs, or 18% of its worldwide workforce, as it pares back operations following last year&#8217;s purchase of rival Wyeth. The world&#8217;s biggest drugmaker &#8211; which sells Viagra and cholesterol drug Lipitor &#8211; said yesterday it plans to cease operations at eight plants in the U.S. and Ireland by 2015, and reduce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manufacturing growth at 15-year high as factories cash in on sterling’s weakness</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/05/manufacturing-growth-at-15-year-high-as-factories-cash-in-on-sterling%e2%80%99s-weakness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/05/manufacturing-growth-at-15-year-high-as-factories-cash-in-on-sterling%e2%80%99s-weakness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 08:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gemma Fuller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Activity at British factories has soared to a 15-year high, boosting hopes that the economic recovery is gathering speed. Manufacturers said that export orders reached record levels last month as sterling’s weakness and reviving economies overseas helped to boost orders from China, Europe, the United States and the Middle East. Employment growth in the sector [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delivering Measurable Cost-savings and Improved Business Performance</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/05/delivering-measurable-cost-savings-and-improved-business-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/05/delivering-measurable-cost-savings-and-improved-business-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 08:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost savings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optimise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Intelex, a leading web-based Business Performance Management (BPM) technology solutions provider, recently examine the metrics in these technologies designed to enable organizations to optimize business performance and measure success through real-time, corporate reporting dashboards.  Employees owning security rights access these software solutions from anywhere in the world with a viable internet connection]]></description>
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		<title>Inventory control isn’t brain chemistry for Neuralynx</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/03/inventory-control-isn%e2%80%99t-brain-chemistry-for-neuralynx-by-thomas-r-cutler/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a nutshell, Neuralynx manufactures and sells the equipment researchers require to do a specific type of brain research.  Neuralynx, Inc. is an internationally recognized provider of electrophysiology data recording systems and solutions for neuroscience research, as well as for practical human medical data recording.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Workplace stress impacts bottom-line productivity</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/02/workplace-stress-impacts-bottom-line-productivity-by-thomas-r-cutler/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2010/02/workplace-stress-impacts-bottom-line-productivity-by-thomas-r-cutler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Precise data regarding the number of manufacturers, industrial and distribution operations offering massage therapy onsite is not available, however many industry leaders including Boeing, Apple Computer, PepsiCo, Sony Music and United Airlines have realized the efficacy and cost-benefit of providing massage.]]></description>
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		<title>Supply chain waste map for meat and fish</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/11/supply-chain-waste-map-for-meat-and-fish/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/11/supply-chain-waste-map-for-meat-and-fish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora Walsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A resource map outlining where and how much meat and fish – as well as it associated packaging – is wasted in the supply chain is to be developed in a bid to cut all three and save cash for industry players. The Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP) and Envirowise are leading the research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antibody Drug Conjugates: A Marriage of Biologics and Small Molecules</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/11/antibody-drug-conjugates-a-marriage-of-biologics-and-small-molecules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/11/antibody-drug-conjugates-a-marriage-of-biologics-and-small-molecules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora Walsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: http://pharmtech.findpharma.com/pharmtech/Ingredients+Insider/Antibody-Drug-Conjugates-A-Marriage-of-Biologics-a/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/522139]]></description>
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		<title>The New Lean Solutions: Dynamic Alerts, Service Levels, and Continuous Experiential Optimisation</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/11/the-new-lean-solutions-dynamic-alerts-service-levels-and-continuous-experiential-optimisation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/11/the-new-lean-solutions-dynamic-alerts-service-levels-and-continuous-experiential-optimisation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRL Systems is a regional provider and installer of security and alarm systems for commercial enterprises.  As a component of TRL's business the firm captures and enters a high volume of various types of data such as entering and updating customers, vendors, jobs, contracts, purchase orders, service agreements, invoices, budgets and much more]]></description>
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		<title>Johnson &amp; Johnson set to cut jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/11/johnson-johnson-set-to-cut-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/11/johnson-johnson-set-to-cut-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Healthcare firm Johnson &#38; Johnson has said it will cut up to 7% of its global workforce in plans aimed at saving up to $900m (£551m) next year.

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		<title>Olivier Reitz, VP at GE Corporate, to headline OpEx summit</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/11/olivier-reitz-vp-at-ge-corporate-to-headline-opex-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/11/olivier-reitz-vp-at-ge-corporate-to-headline-opex-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olivier Reitz, VP Quality and Business Excellence at GE Corporate, has confirmed his participation as the opening keynote speaker at the 2010 Operational Excellence &#38; Business Transformation Leadership summit. Olivier will focus on the strategic nature of operational excellence, highlighting the role it plays in delivering business value, especially as we move into a period [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Novartis Champions Renewable Energy With New Vacaville Solar Array</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/novartis-champions-renewable-energy-with-new-vacaville-solar-array/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/novartis-champions-renewable-energy-with-new-vacaville-solar-array/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gemma Fuller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Novartis announced today the completion of the new 1 megawatt (MW) solar array near its Vacaville biopharmaceutical site. The announcement was made at a ceremony which celebrated the collective effort of state and local officials, employees and business partners in championing the approval, construction and completion of the $7 million dollar power plant. The five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lilly Surpasses Energy Efficiency Goals, Celebrates Worldwide Energy Day</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/lilly-surpasses-energy-efficiency-goals-celebrates-worldwide-energy-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/lilly-surpasses-energy-efficiency-goals-celebrates-worldwide-energy-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gemma Fuller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 25 Eli Lilly and Company facilities around the world celebrated &#8220;Energy Day,&#8221; which is a new corporate sustainability effort designed to educate Lilly employees about the company&#8217;s latest energy reduction goals and to encourage sustainable behaviors. Lilly reached the energy goal it previously set two years early. Over a five-year period, from 2004 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology Strategy Board launches £10m logistics competition</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/technology-strategy-board-launches-10m-logistics-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/technology-strategy-board-launches-10m-logistics-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Technology Strategy Board is to launch a £10m competition on the 2nd November, with a remit to find ways of moving freight more intelligently.  &#8220;Informed Logistics&#8221; will invite applicants to form consortia and apply for investment. For more information, please visit: http://www.innovateuk.org/deliveringinnovation/forthcomingcompetitions/informedlogistics.ashx Original post in: Wtg Expert]]></description>
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		<title>Carole Plant to present at OpEx summit in March 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/carole-plant-to-present-at-opex-summit-in-march-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/carole-plant-to-present-at-opex-summit-in-march-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carole Plant, Head of Performance Improvement, Global Operations at Barclays has confirmed her position on the exclusive speaker panel for the Operational Excellence and Business Transformation Leadership Summit 2010.  Focusing on service excellence, Carole will detail how lean and six sigma are embraced at Barclays to ensure operational methodology plays a pivotal role in optimising customer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shingo Prize to support OpEx summit at Les Fontaines</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/shingo-prize-to-support-opex-summit-at-les-fontaines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/shingo-prize-to-support-opex-summit-at-les-fontaines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Dr. Robert Miller, Executive Director at the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence will chair and present at the Operational Excellence and Business Transformation Leadership Summit 2010, in association with Capgemini. Taking place on the 3rd-4th March 2010 at Les Fontaines, France, over 150 senior executives will come together to hear how leading businesses are interpreting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food production must jump 70% &#8211; UN</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/food-production-must-jump-70-un/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/food-production-must-jump-70-un/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora Walsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global food production must increase by 70% by 2050 if it is to meet the needs of the growing world population, the United Nations&#8217; Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has suggested. Speaking at the opening of t two-day High-Level Expert Forum, called How to Feed the World in 2050, FAO director general Jacques Diouf said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Food week in words</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/just-food-week-in-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora Walsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Speculation over what Cadbury CEO Todd Stitzer meant &#8211; or did not mean &#8211; when he addressed investors in London this week added grist to the mill of the &#8220;Kradbury&#8221; saga. EU politicians and milk farmers exchanged views on the ongoing dairy protests on the continent, while the UK organic sector discussed how to reignite sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food security climbs the political agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/food-security-climbs-the-political-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/food-security-climbs-the-political-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora Walsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of food security for the UK is climbing up the political agenda as climate change and the steady rise in global population put pressure on the world&#8217;s ability to produce enough to go round. A government dossier published this week acknowledges that while the densely populated country is never likely to be self-sufficient, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michelin, BioRad Verdot, DSM take Strategic Manufacturing Awards 2009 honours in Düsseldorf</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/michelin-biorad-verdot-dsm-take-strategic-manufacturing-awards-2009-honours-in-dusseldorf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/michelin-biorad-verdot-dsm-take-strategic-manufacturing-awards-2009-honours-in-dusseldorf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurence Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The evening of Tuesday 13th October saw the leaders of the manufacturing community come together as the winners of the 2009 Strategic Manufacturing Awards were revealed.]]></description>
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		<title>Invest now for food security in 2050</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/invest-now-for-food-security-in-2050/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/invest-now-for-food-security-in-2050/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora Walsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The West may be grappling with recession, but now is the time for businesses and governments to invest in agriculture and processing facilities around the world to stave off a massive food security problem by 2050, says the FAO. The central theme of this year’s World Food Day on Friday 16th October, and the week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sanofi on track to deliver flu vaccine</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/sanofi-on-track-to-deliver-flu-vaccine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/sanofi-on-track-to-deliver-flu-vaccine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora Walsh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biotech]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flu vaccine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[French company Sanofi-Pasteur is on track to deliver its H1N1 flu vaccine over the next two months, chief executive Chris Viehbacher told Le Figaro newspaper. He said the first doses of its vaccine would be delivered to the US by mid-October, and he hoped the vaccine would also be available in France by the end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supply Chain: It&#8217;s Risky Business! &#8211; Douglas Kent</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/supply-chain-its-risky-business-douglas-kent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/supply-chain-its-risky-business-douglas-kent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitigation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[supply chain risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vulnerability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This webinar examines the responses from hundreds of global companies to our recent supply chain risk survey, unveiling their most concerning risks and the level of exposure.  In addition, the study uncovers how companies are evaluating their level of vulnerability and, most importantly, reveals the best practices being adopted to effectively mitigate supply chain risk.   
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		<title>The Voice of the Customer &#8211; Dassault Systèmes</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/the-voice-of-the-customer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/10/the-voice-of-the-customer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intergration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market-leading companies delivering complex products in competitive markets must overcome many challenges to manage product requirements throughout their enterprise. Among the most difficult challenges are integrating complex systems engineering processes, promoting collaboration among multiple engineering disciplines, and enabling the sharing of intellectual property among globally dispersed teams.]]></description>
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		<title>Torben Skjødt Nielsen of LM Glasfiber to present at SCL Europe 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/torben-skj%c3%b8dt-nielsen-of-lm-glasfiber-to-present-at-scl-europe-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/torben-skj%c3%b8dt-nielsen-of-lm-glasfiber-to-present-at-scl-europe-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LM Glasfiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCL Europe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Torben Skjødt Nielsen, Director of Orders, Materials and Logistics at LM Glasfiber will present at the 2010 SCL Europe summit, taking place in Prague. Torben will focus on how customer service levels, so important in a challenging economic climate, are driven by a responsive, end-to-end supply chain. For more information, please visit: www.scleurope.com Original post in: Wtg Expert]]></description>
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		<title>Strengthening your supply chain in a downturn</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/strengthening-your-supply-chain-in-a-downturn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/strengthening-your-supply-chain-in-a-downturn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cashflow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downturn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In tough economic times and during periods of industrial slowdown, cash-flow is king and for the UK manufacturing sector, cash management certainly remains a top priority. ]]></description>
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		<title>Claes Martenson to speak at SCL Europe 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/claes-martenson-to-speak-at-scl-europe-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/claes-martenson-to-speak-at-scl-europe-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claes Martenson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic upturn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claes Martenson, Group Risk Director at Solvay will be part of the exclusive speaker panel at next year&#8217;s European Supply Chain &#38; Logistics summit, taking place in Prague on the 14th-16th June 2010. Claes will form part of the headlining &#8220;Power Panel Discussion&#8221;, asking how business should adapt their supply chains to meet the requirements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What pharma can learn from general manufacturing in a recession</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/what-pharma-can-learn-from-general-manufacturing-in-a-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/what-pharma-can-learn-from-general-manufacturing-in-a-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gemma Fuller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wtgexpert.com/?p=519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having recently conducted research on the views of senior executives in the US and UK on whether major manufacturers are ready for the recovery, it struck me how their experiences and dilemmas mirrored the successes and failures we have seen in the pharmaceutical world in recent years, and how senior leaders in the pharma world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s the greenest pharma of all?</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/whos-the-greenest-pharma-of-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/whos-the-greenest-pharma-of-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gemma Fuller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today pharma can look into the magic mirror and find who is the greenest of them all. In two separate environmental rankings, drugmakers have been weighed on the eco-scale&#8211;and in some cases, found to be environmentally responsible. Bayer took top honors, in fact, for its detailed reporting of climate strategies and emissions. The company, which includes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Approach to Quality Systems Management</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/a-new-approach-to-quality-systems-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/a-new-approach-to-quality-systems-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gemma Fuller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you go back to the latter part of the 20th century, the pharmaceutical industry was very vocal about the challenges of operating a global business successfully, in an environment of often regional GMP regulations. In an attempt to harmonize these practices, an informal ICH working group, in July 2003, agreed on a vision to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enrico Camerinelli brings financial expertise to SCL Europe 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/enrico-camerinelli-brings-financial-expertise-to-scl-europe-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/enrico-camerinelli-brings-financial-expertise-to-scl-europe-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enrico Camerinelli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial supply chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Enrico Camerinelli, Senior Analyst at Celent and formerly European Director for the Supply Chain Council, has confirmed his participation as a speaker at the European Supply Chain &#38; Logistics summit, taking place in Prague on the 14th-16th June 2010. Enrico will highlight the increasingly vital link between the financial supply chain and the physical movement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nokia&#8217;s Jarkko Aro to speak at SCL Europe 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/nokias-jarkko-aro-to-speak-at-scl-europe-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/nokias-jarkko-aro-to-speak-at-scl-europe-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullwhip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demand driven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jarkko Aro; Nokia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logistics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jarkko Aro, Director, Supply Logistics and Nokia will host a speech at the European Supply Chain &#38; Logistics summit 2010. Jarkko will detail the workings behind Nokia&#8217;s demand-driven supply network, revealing his approach to mitigating the bullwhip effect of current market volatility. Original post in: Wtg Expert]]></description>
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		<title>Winners of the Supply Chain Distinction Awards 2009 are revealed as the supply chain elite gather in Germany</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/winners-of-the-supply-chain-distinction-awards-2009-are-revealed-as-the-supply-chain-elite-gather-in-germany/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurence Allen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food and Beverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accenture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMR Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boxwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crimson & Co]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electrolux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green supply chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herbalife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett Packard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Procter & Gamble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renault Nissan Consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Savi Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sourcing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Swissôtel Düsseldorf, Germany played host to the Supply Chain Distinction Awards on the evening of 9th June as over 350 of the globe’s supply chain and logistics community gathered to hear which companies are excelling in a variety of specialist categories connected to this essential enterprise tool.]]></description>
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		<title>Supply chain lapses slow pandemic responses; survey.</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/supply-chain-lapses-slow-pandemic-responses-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/supply-chain-lapses-slow-pandemic-responses-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Shildrake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blockbuster model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[designer drugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 50 per cent of executives believe their company fails to respond quickly enough to pandemics because of lapses in the supply chain, according to an IBM survey. 

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		<title>Leveraging Lean Strengths to Drive Supply Chain Innovation</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/leveraging-lean-strengths-to-drive-supply-chain-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/leveraging-lean-strengths-to-drive-supply-chain-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Robertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my experience most teams tend to be able to list twice as many weaknesses as strengths? Although not a scientific experiment, it certainly indicates that we are far more comfortable and able to focus on what is wrong with our organizations rather than on what is good. This may be because we are unaware of our organizational or personal strengths or perhaps even take them for granted. Are we the product of a culture that focuses on what’s wrong before we can see what is right? ]]></description>
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		<title>Positioning manufacturers for the economic upturn</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/positioning-manufacturers-for-the-economic-upturn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/positioning-manufacturers-for-the-economic-upturn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTG News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Claasen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Manufacturing Awards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With an economic recovery in sight, Europe’s business elite needs not only to maintain competitiveness, but to crucially position itself to take full advantage of the impending upturn.  Düsseldorf, Germany, will therefore play host to Europe’s foremost gathering of senior-level manufacturing and production executives to address how the manufacturing industry is preparing itself to meet the unique requirements of an economic revival. ]]></description>
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		<title>Akzo Nobel to host keynote session at SCL Europe 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/akzo-nobel-to-host-keynote-session-at-scl-europe-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wtgnews.com/2009/09/akzo-nobel-to-host-keynote-session-at-scl-europe-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahim Afghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing and Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTG News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Akzo Nobel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[André Veneman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate director]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logistics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[André Veneman, Corporate Director for Sustainability, Akzo Nobel has confirmed his participation as a keynote speaker as part of SCL Europe 2010.
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