In the typical production supply chain for consumer products, of which apparel production is a good example, the higher-value, pre-manufacturing activities like designing, engineering, and branding, and post-manufacturing activities like marketing, warehousing, transporting, and retailing happen in the United States, while the mostly lower-end manufacturing and assembly activities take place abroad.

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The report was commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government and examined the assembly government's activities in creative industries.

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Cross-party groups in the assembly include AMs from at least three parties, and can include other members from outside the assembly, related to its activities.

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When the 1998 Northern Ireland Act was drawn up, the regulation of activities should have been omitted from the assembly's powers.

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His indictment in the perjury case, brought by Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson, stemmed from his activities before he was elected to the Assembly.

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And, in order to build this Station at the lowest total development cost, reductions or deferrals in other Station activities such as operations, research, and later assembly hardware, may be necessary.

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They had hoped that activities this week in New York, scheduled around the UN General Assembly, might move things forward.

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Creating and harnessing feedback systems to perform useful activities is perhaps the most powerful way of organizing work since the introduction of the assembly line.

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These documents will be presented to and discussed at the Operational Activities Segment of the ECOSOC Substantive Session in July 2012 and later to the General Assembly for the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR).

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