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			<title>Conflict Minerals Resolution for Supply Chain?</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
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			<title>The Smart Watch Is Already Here</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[If Apple plans to make a splash in the smart watch market, it will first have to dislodge some innovative products already available from competitors.]]></description>
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			<title>Dueling Swords in EMS market</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With margins extremely tight, contract manufacturers are learning to dump some contracts while expanding services in other areas.]]></description>
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			<title>EMS Capability vs. OEM Pedigree</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[What are electronics manufacturing services providers looking for in their OEM customers?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Who's at the Heart of the Supply Chain?</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[By moving to the core of the industry and offerings services that keep the system humming, a group within the electronics market has rendered irrelevant the question of ownership and control of the supply chain.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>PAPP: Sixth-Sense Solution for the Supply Chain</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The smartest supply chains rely on the sixth sense of managers to forecast and minimize the impact of natural and unnatural disasters.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>The Case for a Multiple Supply Chain System</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Manufacturers need multiple supply chains even for a single product, and picking which to deploy will depend upon numerous factors.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Don't Crown China Yet</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The conclusion that China will soon be the top global economy is premature, as it faces major structural and geo-political problems. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Lifting the Veil Over Pricing Secrecy</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A new tool from UBM partner Lytica promises much needed pricing visibility into the buying and selling of electronic components.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Is the Quest for Supply Chain Visibility Unrealistic?</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Supply chain visibility has become a must-achieve goal for manufacturers, but could we possibly be chasing the wrong objective?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Rethinking Intel's Greatest Asset</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Intel is working to liberate itself from challenges in the PC market, but with the size of the investments, failure could be catastrophic.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Why Manufacturing Matters &amp; Where Best to Do It</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Manufacturing is important to economic development, but each country should examine carefully what type of production to be involved in.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>When Is Excellence Not Enough?</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2013, manufacturers will need not just an excellent supply chain, but one that works closely with other departments.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>IDC Sees Higher PC Processor Sales in 2013</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[PC microprocessor sales and shipments are projected to rise in 2013 as vendors counter inroads by smartphones and tablets.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>A Private Buyout Won't Cure What Ails Dell</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A leveraged buyout by private equity firms won't resolve the problems facing Dell, but it might still go ahead all the same.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Suppliers Squeezed as Apple Cuts Components Orders</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Apple's suppliers are being squeezed after the company slashed components orders due to slower than expected sales of its iPhone 5.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Samsung Becoming the Apple of Our Eye?</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Apple is the toast of the industry, but Samsung is now getting as much attention. Who will be the next darling of the supply chain?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Manufacturing on a Roll</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Global manufacturing stabilized in December, sparking hope 2013 could be better than currently forecast despite weakness in Europe and Japan.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Economic Humpty Dumpty</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Congress scaled  the "fiscal cliff" while ignoring problems such as the debt ceiling. These other cliffs will imperil the global economy.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>ST Conundrum: Break Up or Tweak?</title>
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			<dc:creator>Bolaji Ojo</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[ST isn't ready yet to break into two separate companies, but it cannot continue with business as usual. Start with getting rid of ST-Ericsson.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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