But researchers think its origins lie further down the food chain - in plants, small mammals or insects.
Leading European and US retailers have come under growing pressure to ensure that workers in their supply chain - particularly in labour-intensive markets such as India and China - are not exploited.
The short circuit resulted in a thermal runaway -- a chemical chain reaction -- in cell six, which spread to adjacent cells.
Vessels powered by LNG typically are less polluting that those using more traditional fossil fuels, and the Lockheed unit believes it can apply similar aerospace technologies to a wide range of supply-chain opportunities in the rapidly-expanding energy sector.
London - Fast makeover: Shares in the natural-products chain Body Shop hit a 14-year high in February when L'Oreal admitting it was always looking to add shareholder value.
The hero and the heroine, played by Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis, are likable, but in a Woo picture the character to watch is invariably the chain-smoking guy in shades.
And while it says here that San Antonio-based Whataburger is unquestionably the greatest fast food chain in the world, California-based In-N-Out Burger devotees the world over would at least in this instance wrongly make the case for the latter.
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To get into a restaurant in this six-unit chain based in Northbrook, Ill.
The head of corporate training for this fast-growing food chain put in place a YouTube-like learning portal which lets any employee upload a video of themselves doing their job well.
Kimpton started out doing wholesome budget hotels in San Francisco, but has since worked its way luxury-ward in the hotel chain-of-being.
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Two-fifths of Asian exports, and rising, are intra-regional even if half that share forms part of a global supply-chain anchored in the West.
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Inflation, they said, was caused by high commodity prices pushing up energy and food costs, while supply-chain disruptions in Japan were in the process of being solved.
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His mistake was admitting to a relative that a key piece of evidence found at the murder scene - a gold chain - was, in fact, his.
Chain-store sales in February were the highest since last September.
This is where all the business travellers stay and is part of a respected, though not exactly cutting-edge, chain - the branch in Peshawar has a famous sign: 'Please leave your guns in the lobby'.
Setton announced a recall, Kraft removed its Back To Nature Trail Mix from store shelves, and Kroger -- a grocery chain with stores in 31 states -- recalled Private Selection shelled pistachios from its retail stores.
If it wasn't already perfectly clear by now that Monster Cable's cables aren't really worth the price (or any price above the cost of a coat-hanger), and that they're only using those bloated markups to perpetuate their reputation as money-grubbing lawsuit-happy snakeoil peddlers, we'd call your attention to their latest target: Monster Mini Golf, a chain of glow-in-the-dark mini-golf courses based out of Rhode Island.
In terms of the effect, I believe that the effect of the -- on the supplies chain that was caused by -- the global supply chain, especially in automobile manufacturing, that was caused by the earthquake and tsunami, that that has certainly diminished.
The poem is (brace yourself) a relic of the Dark Ages--as in chain mail, not e-mail.
Therefore, distribution must be delivered through a multi-layer supply chain that ends in thousands of mom-and-pop storefronts.
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The idea of take-and-bake pizza in a fast-food-chain setting hit Papa Murphy's cofounder Robert Graham in 1984.
It's not an easy market to break into by any means, but with LG, Samsung, and Pantech -- historically the value leaders in the market -- moving up the food chain in recent years, it seems like there could be room for another player or two.
Giordano's management also took the opportunity to overhaul the company's inventory system, improving the operation's just-in-time supply chain.
Supply-chain managers also should mine their in-house data thoroughly for signposts as to how they can strengthen relationships with key suppliers.
He took Columbia public in 1990, acquired the 71-hospital Galen chain in 1993 and months later merged with HCA's 100 facilities, creating the world's biggest hospital chain.
If it's approved, the deal will make McClatchy the second-largest newspaper chain in America, behind Gannett (nyse: GCI - news - people ), with a stable of 32 dailies (not including the 12 it expects to sell) and 50 non-daily publications.
During his three terms in office, he has banned smoking in the city, outlawed trans-fats in restaurants and forced chain restaurants to put calorie-counts on menus.
Forty-five years later, the 91-year-old devout Baptist remains CEO of the second largest fried chicken chain in the country -- only KFC is bigger.
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