More often, modern photographers like to use the old processes in a jarring way.

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Causticism aside, Carey's remarks are certainly indicative of how the networks feel about the potential disruption of their revenue stream, and moreover, showcases just how far we are from living in a world that isn't dominated by the same old processes when it comes to entertainment.

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While adding new products, services and acquisitions, they also are pruning old products, streamlining processes to make them less complex, and looking for opportunities to make things simpler for their managers, employees and customers.

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In the old model, software was created to smooth processes and increase efficiency for back-end systems.

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You can grow in 2011, but to do so you need to shed the old planning system (and its resource wasting processes) and get serious about scenario planning.

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It used to be even bigger there were 17, 000 workers at the end of the Cold War but Northrop automated many processes and demand has slackened since the old days, when 180 F-16 fighters needing onboard radars were being produced every year.

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While other business processes like distribution have improved by leaps and bounds thanks to supply-chain technology innovation and that old stalwart, Six Sigma, the revenue process is still one of the most inefficient areas of enterprise today.

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