The company has vertically integrated operations and owns substantial midstream, compression, drilling and oilfield service assets.
Integrated operations also eliminated the last vestiges of internal contracting.
This is surprising since virtually all the big class-action shops have integrated their operations with the pension funds, installing software to constantly scan their holdings and look for potential litigation opportunities.
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The major pharmas, however, have large quality programs that are highly integrated into their operations, serving as robust barriers and responsive safety nets against such disasters.
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As a result, many organizations do not have a sufficiently integrated view into operations, and find it difficult to effectively manage client relationships, leverage talent, execute on engagements, and drive profitability.
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Hasbro ( HAS - news - people ) accomplish this by viewing their external relations as strategic partners tightly integrated with their domestic operations or overseas subsidiaries.
Prologis Inc. formerly known as AMB Property Corporation is a Maryland corporation, commenced operations as a fully integrated real estate company effective with the completion of its initial public offering on November 26, 1997.
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Separately, Vivek Lall, who heads the Indian operations at Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems unit, said the company will bid to sell six medium-range maritime patrol aircraft to India.
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But reaching a sensible valuation of the two marques, which Ford says must be sold together because their operations have become so tightly integrated, is not proving easy.
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Within Sony's headquarters and support operations, certain functions have been integrated and organizational structures have been streamlined, while the Company has conducted a thorough review of work content and work-flow process to ensure greater operational efficiency across these operations.
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Fashion companies like Burberry have slashed costs from their operations using information systems to provide an integrated view of activities.
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Mr. Pope, 58 years old, has steadfastly defended the company's strategy of being vertically integrated, dismissing Continental's argument that it should separate its volatile hog-farming operations from its packaged-meats business and some international holdings.
The management at ConocoPhillips has figured out exactly what its rivals at Marathon Oil concluded and acted upon only a couple weeks earlier: that by dividing the exploration and production business from the refining and marketing business, the sum of the two different operations (which attract different kinds of investors) are worth more than one integrated oil company.
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News Corp. is a global media company with operations engaged in producing, acquiring, and licensing various operations in film, television, cable network programming, direct broadcast satellite TV, integrated marketing services, newspapers, magazines and books publishing.
Working with Lilien, Caplan integrated into one back office the retail and institutional bank, the lending department and the trading division, making operations more efficient and helping salesfolk cross-sell products to account holders.
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