Managing and maintaining an optimal harmony among what goes as input to the supply chain, what is made and how much goes as waste is critical to responsible supply chain and to good product stewardship.
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They wanted a professional club with which they could identify, one that was undeniably attached to Seattle, one that treated them with respect and engaged them as equals rather than viewing them as an input to be managed as part of an overall revenue equation.
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Jobs, as an input to production, by definition add to the cost of whatever the final good or service in question is, compared to doing the same with fewer or no employees.
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Mr. Obama hosted several gatherings with chief executives to seek input as he tried to reach a budget deal at the end of the year.
Mr. Obama hosted several gatherings with CEOs to seek input as he tried to hammer out a budget deal at the end of the year.
Operating margin fell to 17.7% at the Golden Arches, as input costs began to put serious pressure on profits.
Clearly, no matter what path the country takes, demographic and geopolitical factors as well as limitations to input-induced growth will increasingly constrain growth rates.
Average sales prices jumped 14.6% as input costs continued to rise.
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In general, this view may not be surprising given that we have made a point of pushing policymakers to focus on moving to outcomes-based policies as opposed to input-based ones.
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Sometimes we just want to share them with friends and people we trust so as to gain their input before we announce them to the world.
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Engage with national and international experts as an accepted colleague with sufficient authority to manage their overall input to programmes as advisors and contractors.
Smartphone manufacturers want to reduce the time, or "friction" needed to input data, as a way of freeing up users to do more browsing, buying, and watching.
However, it remains to be seen how customers will react to possible increases in merchandise prices over the next few quarters, as retailers raise prices to offset heightened input costs.
He is proud and hard-working and we can expect his input to be just as valuable as Pedro's.
With its special DJ Effects and DJ Lighting features, as well as its ability to support mic input, an evening of entertainment will never be the same again.
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General Mills reported fiscal second-quarter profits that fell short of Wall Street estimates Tuesday, as higher input costs and expenses contributed to pressure on the bottom line for the Minnesota-based snack food company.
While Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke insists on calling inflation subdued and transitory, various companies have indicated that they have been forced to acknowledge a pickup in input costs and inflation in their outlooks, as prices begin to be passed on to consumers.
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This sometimes becomes a nuisance to doctors, as one thing the patient input derails the thought process of the doctor, also sometimes it allows the patient to doubt about the doctors diagnosis.
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Gross profit expanded from 13.3% to 14.2% of net sales as the company was generally able to pass along rising input costs through higher prices.
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Moreover, even if cotton prices were to remain high, this is an industry wide input cost that would eventually lead to Aeropostale as well as its competitors passing on costs to consumers.
On a more serious note, it speaks approvingly of the fact that Mr Cameron has gone against the grain when most EU countries "have tacitly agreed to build Europe without input from the citizens, as if the European project is too important for democracy to have a say".
As for the next step, Google's proposal will be subject to input from its peers, which includes complainants such as Microsoft.
As well as the main processor, the new system includes a second chip, the SM35, to handle various input and output functions such as USB and audio.
In the coming weeks, we will give you the opportunity to provide your input as well.
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You'll need to input information such as parental income, household size and number of children currently in college.
We believe that it is critical to obtain input from as many stakeholders as possible regarding the issues the working group is addressing.
Instead of worrying whether or not the initial project is a success or failure, market input is treated as learning and used to adapt.
Described rather broadly as a "method for providing human input to a computer, " the patent (filed in July of 2009) is a continuation of one dating all the way back to 1995, and appears to cover some fairly basic multitouch-related functions.
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To this day most Americans have been gulled into believing that the Federal Reserve was chartered in 1913 to serve as a last-resort lender to banks that were supposedly an essential economic input.
So we can also use this an interface for games that allows you to use your full body as input.
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