As part of its Digital Service Efficiency effort to reduce power consumption in its data centers, eBay slightly changed some of its software code so that the code would require less memory.

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It has also been implementing an efficiency initiative, Project Keystone, a global effort to enhance the competitiveness and efficiency of Heinz to better leverage its scale.

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Boeing actually offered the Army options for scaling back features a year ago that were rebuffed, but with the budgetary walls closing in the service is now moving out on a series of efficiency measures that could unravel the whole effort.

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The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Export Initiative, a coordinated effort to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency exports, is the most recent program launched as part of this national export effort.

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Briefly, efficiency innovations make current work more efficient, in terms of time, effort or other resources needed.

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To address these risks, companies should consider their operating models, in an effort designed to define an optimum balance between financial efficiency and assuredness of a stable supply chain.

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The falling prices are forcing all manufacturers to put more effort into improving their manufacturing technology and module efficiency in order to get back ahead of the rapidly declining cost curve.

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