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		<title>Automation More Important Than Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stonesr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s recent State of the Union address focused on manufacturing in the United States &#8211; which everyone, no matter their political persuasion, can agree is a vital part of our economy. Countries that don&#8217;t make things aren&#8217;t world powers, period. And the numbers, on the surface, can look dire. According to Forbes,  22 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Different Sort of Sorter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sortation systems in distribution is application driven &#8211; typically we are talking about order fulfillment (retail, wave pre-sorting, inbound putaway sorts), shipping (end of line carrier sortation, ship to stores), and returns. Traditional sweep sorters, cross-belt, narrow slat &#38; shoe, or belt sorters are often thought of as &#8220;for the big guys&#8221; in large operations. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Reasons to Automate your Operation</title>
		<link>http://www.cisco-eagle.com/blog/2011/06/10/ten-reasons-to-automate-your-operation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stonesr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the not-too-distant past, most companies that weren&#8217;t running immense distribution operations, who didn&#8217;t have multiple facilities, who didn&#8217;t run 24-hour shifts, didn&#8217;t even consider automation. Too expensive, they&#8217;d say. Too much risk. Too little upside if things go wrong.  All valid in context, if we were in 1998. But the reality is this: While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conveyor Education: A Basic Maintenance Checklist</title>
		<link>http://www.cisco-eagle.com/blog/2009/07/01/conveyor-education-a-basic-maintenance-checklist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cisco-eagle.com/blog/2009/07/01/conveyor-education-a-basic-maintenance-checklist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stonesr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re compiling a great deal of conveyor-related information, tips and articles into a series of downloadable conveyor white papers.  The first focuses on the basics of conveyor maintenance &#8211; what to do, when to do it, and how, in general terms. As the paper says, most conveyors ship with detailed maintenance manuals that will help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palletizer Perspectives: Is palletizing suitable for my operation?</title>
		<link>http://www.cisco-eagle.com/blog/2008/08/04/palletizer-perspectives-is-palletizing-suitable-for-my-operation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cisco-eagle.com/blog/2008/08/04/palletizer-perspectives-is-palletizing-suitable-for-my-operation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interview with Bobby Edmond, Drector of Applications for vonGAL Palletizers With the growing popularity of automating the palletizing function, we arranged an interview with vonGAL, a leading manufacturer who has the largest installed base of palletizers in the country. Bobby Edmond is vonGAL&#8217;s Director of Applications, and has been in the business for 25 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palletizers: ergonomics and justification issues</title>
		<link>http://www.cisco-eagle.com/blog/2008/06/30/palletizers-ergonomics-and-justification-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cisco-eagle.com/blog/2008/06/30/palletizers-ergonomics-and-justification-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris.doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As interest continues to grow in automated palletizing, let&#8217;s take a brief look at a few of the issues surrounding these applications. Over the next couple of months, I&#8217;ll be providing a handful of blog postings relative to palletizers. We will begin with what is driving the growth in the use of these products, then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WMS on demand &#8211; is it for you?</title>
		<link>http://www.cisco-eagle.com/blog/2007/10/29/wms-on-demand-how-feasible-is-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cisco-eagle.com/blog/2007/10/29/wms-on-demand-how-feasible-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stonesr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re probably familiar with the software on demand movement. Hosted, web-driven software has been deployed to good success, particularly in fields like customer relationship management (CRM), with SalesForce.com being the most famous. It&#8217;s good because smaller companies can utilize software that might have been out of reach in the past. You can quickly get a [...]]]></description>
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