It helps cut cycle time by 25 percent.

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Since deploying a Microsoft Dynamics solution, Computer Aid has cut its billing cycle in half and reduced ERP support costs by 60 percent.

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Scottish Labour MSP Malcolm Chisholm questioned the minister about how Scotland's climate change targets could possibly be met when cycle and walking infrastructure budgets had been cut.

BBC: Capital Investment Committee

MPC, together with Mr King's prominence as a dissenting voice, reinforces the view that the reduction in rates to 4.5% in early August might be the Bank's first and last cut in this phase of the interest-rate cycle.

ECONOMIST: Monetary policy gets interesting

The changes will allow Ford to cut 8 to 14 months from its vehicle-development cycle, says Derrick Kuzak, Ford's new product development chief for the Americas.

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Now, in the era of a 24-hour news cycle across multiple platforms, Sherwood has his work cut out for him.

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Although the bond-market bulls put a slowdown in the housing market at the centre of their arguments for determining whether or not the Fed ends its tightening cycle, others believe it is not as clear cut.

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Ms Cooper said government schemes encouraging children to walk or cycle to school would help to keep children active and cut the risks of heart disease and obesity in later life.

BBC: Children eating

We broke the cycle of dependency, reestablished welfare as the safety net it was meant to be and cut costs significantly.

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And the fear is here, really, we're entering a vicious cycle that, as more homes are on sale, more homeowners who need to sell will cut their prices.

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