Output of services includes services of transport, communications, trade, material supply housing, public utilities, culture, health care, bank service etc.
We believe it is equipping itself for the long run by having control over the raw material supply and control over manufacturing plants.
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The main reason for Apple announcing a lower gross margin outlook for Q3 was the uncertainty behind the raw material supply chain issues prevailing during the last few quarters due to the Japan tragedy.
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Their photographers and reporters did not supply material from within the ground.
Such reconstructions required considerable detective work as well as informed flights of fancy on the part of the re-composers in order to supply material which, in the original fragments, is ambiguous or altogether missing.
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The expansion of Asia's television industry has been so rapid that demand has far outstripped the supply of material.
If material, the entire supply line requires similarly tenacious monitoring.
The spot market was, and is, relatively thin, and with spot material in relatively short supply, buyers had to bid up price to quite high levels to establish positions.
Teachers need material to educate, but they are also penalized--and far too strongly--when they supply students access to material that could offend.
And with no fixed supply of raw material, unlike stocks or bonds, bets could be almost limitless.
He urged people to get in touch via the feedback form on the website if they can supply any additional material.
Nobody made buffalo-hide shoes, and there was a ready supply of raw material: Ranchers slaughtered about 14, 000 bison each year to meet the growing demand for low-cholesterol meat.
The growth of the solar industry has been limited by the supply of the polysilicon material used to make solar panels.
Speaking of Japan effect, although many companies are now shrugging it off, saying sales in Japan are not material, or not materially affected, and supply issues have been managed by sourcing elsewhere, the quake and tsunami occurred with only three weeks left in the quarter, and the merchant market and inventory were sufficient to carry most companies through.
Therefore suppliers, processors, distributors and retailers need to step up their control and visibility across the supply chains, tracking products from raw material to the point of consumption.
For 3, once nylon had been discovered and proven useful, the race was on, given the supply of cheap oil (the main raw material) post WWII, from the Arabian Gulf.
The academic year has been lopped to a mere four months (in some cases just three), while teaching material, affordable housing and capable lecturers are in very short supply.
They are working with the Not For Sale Campaign to source from that region specifically to benefit the producers and communities, bringing the material to a Cambodian manufacturer also committed to a fully transparent supply chain.
But the spread between the price of the raw material and the price of the finished good is a function of the supply of ethylene-making capacity and the demand for ethylene.
And despite the fact that electricity is in short supply and that there is fear because of the security situation, our material situation has improved a lot.
For this reason, we recommend establishing a material crisis management room, analogous to a war room, to monitor and manage exposure to supply and revenue-stream disruptions.
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Although the general public has become aware of specialty metals in the past few years, material scientists who have been working with these metals for about two decades have rarely thought about the supply issues, she said.
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Furthermore, protected areas supply a range of ecosystem services to societies such as clean water, wild food and genetic material.
"Although inflation seemed likely to remain above the 2 percent target over the next two years, the degree of slack in the economy, and the likely positive response of supply capacity to increased demand, meant that higher output growth would not necessarily lead to any material additional inflationary pressure, " those backing another stimulus argued, according to the minutes.
This is accounted for by increasing raw material costs, currency movements (particularly the pound's fall against the euro), bottlenecks in the supply chain and construction in progressively more challenging sites.
For instance, Arrow keeps three material planners on-site at AMX who handle parts flow and look for ways to substitute parts that Arrow can supply for less.
Councillors in Leeds and neighbouring Kirklees warned they had less than two days' supply of salt left, while private salt firm Grittit has brought in security guards after 75 tonnes of material was taken from its depots nationwide.
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