For example, Southwest Airlines cut the amount of idle time for its planes at the gate by about 50%, which produced a huge fuel savings and dramatically increased plane utilization (one of the highest cost drivers in the airline industry), without negatively impacting service quality.

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Benefiting from the surging wireless LAN (WLAN), 3G wireless and broadband markets, Anadigics has been gradually filling its fab to fuel its high incremental gross margin, adding a couple of percent to utilization each quarter.

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