Sometimes there are local market dynamics that make good supply chain strategies impossible to operate.
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It found a good supply of medium-grade crude but had to shut in the well for lack of a pipeline to get the oil to market.
They liked the complete package of business friendly taxes, regulations, a tamed tort bar, and a good supply of young engineers coming out of Mississippi State in Starkville.
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Many companies went so far as to consider a good supply of golf courses and cheap caddies wearing Vietnam's distinctive conical hats a precondition for coming to the country.
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The good supply of raw materials - leather for making shoes - and its good geographic location, allowing easy access to Europe and the rest of Africa, were also factors.
The next year Du decided to set up a brand-new research lab in Shanghai, which has a good supply of disciplined scientists and is cosmopolitan enough to lure back other Chinese scientists from U.S. drug firms.
These do not quite fall into the category of entertainment, but they too depend more on human talent and ingenuity than on pig iron, steel mills or production lines and the Midwest has a good supply of them.
If the name of the meat is just too "Three Billy Goats Gruff" for you, call it "capretto" (Italian for "kid"), like chef Scott Conant does at his five Scarpetta restaurants, where he serves it whenever he can find a good supply of extra-tender, young goat.
As for what good or service to supply, the character of the entrepreneur is intimately involved.
He even has to supply a good reason if he wants to go voluntarily.
Until recently, it has been hard to get a good view of the supply side dynamics.
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The advantage of India is that our needs far outstrip our supply of good, let alone great, folks.
Now it is the Tories who have thoughtful ideas about getting more good school places through supply-side reforms.
Signs are also good at companies that supply the likes of Home Depot, the biggest home-improvement retailer in the U.S. by sales.
However, other things being equal, economics would indicate producers who can supply the good cheaper will tend to control more market share.
Rents for grade A office buildings has been on the rise due to tight supply and good demand, according to a report by brokerage DTZ.
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"It is important all our equipment is in service so we can maintain a good quality of electricity supply to all of our customers who depend on our service, " he said.
Although it could never become the most common route by which to enter teaching, the scheme could help to boost the supply of good head teachers (Teach First applicants are screened for leadership potential).
The second weakness is that although the report recognises that expanding the supply of good school places is more important than allocating existing ones, it does not come up with much to help new providers set up schools.
"The seven year beer supply agreement is good for Scottish Courage, " Mr Froggatt said.
But companies will not invest in the supply of a good they cannot sell at a profit.
There may be good ways to reduce the supply of unsold houses, which after all is the real problem.
When supply of a good or service is capped, economists expect first to see price increases and then to see rationing.
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When a cartel artificially restricts supply of a good, there's a temptation for individual states to break off and sell more.
Along with the slackening off of demand for PCs and other electronics, LCD demand has dropped off at a moment when the supply is pretty good.
People should ask themselves why gold should be an exception to this general principle and whether this price-fixing exercise is a good way to determine the supply of dollars.
Economic reports were mixed, although there was some good news from the Institute of Supply Management.
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