Put those factors together, and you can get increased efficiency, improved productivity and higher revenue in any industry.
The company said the results were driven by strong top-line growth and improved productivity, partially offset by a higher tax rate.
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The TUC's report also suggests that it would also lead to employers benefiting from a workforce with improved productivity, morale and health.
Version 2.5 offers improved productivity features as company expands service into every Apple App Store and Google Play market in the world.
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Similar machines on the factory floor, able to take pictures of problems and replace paper filing systems with searchable databases, improved productivity by up to 20%.
This new operating system isn't just a "Vista that works" program - it's a new operating system with improved productivity, functionality and creativity that uses less computer resources.
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Your goal should be improved productivity, not collecting cool programs.
In a study last year, researchers at Concordia University found the potential benefits of workplace autonomy to include greater employee commitment, better performance, improved productivity and lower turnover.
Just as in India, which saw a similar opening at the same time, companies have improved productivity as a result of foreign competition, and some big firms have expanded successfully abroad.
Perhaps the key to making events work is measuring ROI, which can mean sales for outside events and improved productivity for internal meetings, a metric which Dwyer admits can be a bit nebulous.
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When the cyclical recovery does come, it is conceivable that it will be the euro zone that is able to exploit its improved productivity and increased competitiveness to grow in line with its potential.
"We plan on introducing successive iterations of our Webtop software and accessories that incorporate improved productivity tools and multiple price points, " he also said, echoing previous promises to include Webtop in all high-end smartphones starting this summer.
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But when computers came along, he rapidly and enthusiastically embraced them--he believed they improved his productivity and made it immeasurably easier for him to keep track of other people's copy.
Since the early 1990s, hospitals in Stockholm have essentially been paid for the treatments they actually do, rather than according to an abstract calculation, which has improved their productivity and responsiveness to patients.
Similarly, a series of pilots on flexible work arrangements sponsored by a non-profit group called the BOLD Initiative found that when teams were given the freedom to arrange work schedules around their personal needs and desires, it not only increased employee satisfaction but also improved team productivity.
When female workers become more confident, vendors see business returns like improved efficiency and productivity, and lower rates of absenteeism.
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That torrent of money drove up wages far faster than productivity improved, while cheap borrowing led to major deficit spending.
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The panel also said the universities must control costs to the inflation rate or lower "through improved efficiency and productivity, " including the greater adoption of online education.
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If your people know that, say, you intend to double your number of retail outlets over the next five years, they'll respond with significantly improved morale and productivity.
The chief executive of Banco Espirito, Santo Ricardo Salgado, says that if public finances are not dealt with and productivity improved, Portugal can look forward to four years of recession.
Only in the past couple of years have productivity numbers improved (see chart).
Murrin formed a fund that will own 370, 000 acres of South African farmland by midyear, with plans to increase productivity through improved farming methods.
It looked into five sectors of the Russian economy and found that, although productivity has improved over the past decade, it is still only 26% of American levels.
At Ellesmere Port, there has been plenty of change, according to Mr Browning, pointing out that during the last 12 months, productivity has improved 30% and further efficiency improvements are expected.
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This very often drives productivity and improved financial results.
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But it is not impossible: productivity could be improved dramatically, especially in the services sector.
Productivity will be improved by measures addressing competition, investment, entrepreneurship and improving the skills of the British people.
PreussenElektra, by contrast, is huge, rich and, thanks to Hartmann's streamlining work during Act I (he improved PreussenElektra's worker productivity by 20% from 1993), it is already Germany's lowest-cost producer.
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