Each unit can also serve as a source of electrical power for the military, or emergency response, something always in short supply in forward operating positions.
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Due in large part to the popularity of new products such as CINEMA SCREEN 3D Smart TV in the Korean market and improvements in supply chain management, operating profit nearly doubled to 217 billion (USD 191.9 million) from the same period the previous year.
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For Gavish and Davidov, the more deal sites operating in the market, the more deal supply they have to sell.
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Since 2006, HD increased its operating margin through efforts such as developing its supply chain management, which reduced cost of transportation and inventory, and developing a formal distribution channel which increased bargaining power over suppliers.
Because most of the pirates are operating from Somalia, they need to have their supply lines and support networks cut off there, he continued.
Nuclear plants provide about 20% of the U.S. electric power supply, but most of the 104 operating reactors date back to the 1960s and '70s.
We have a wide variety of players: doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, employers, government and researchers, all operating in an environment that makes up a complex supply chain.
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American has also felt competitive pressures as most of its competitors like Delta, United, US Airways and several similar carriers have reorganized under Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Code in recent years and emerged a stronger competitors as companies have renegotiated labor, supply and financing contracts that have brought operating costs down.
Barnes said the Cleveland-based business provides inventory management, technical sales and supply chain services for maintenance, repair, operating and production supplies.
Farms at Arnish and Marybank which supply a processing plant in Stornoway have not been operating at full capacity.
The biggest challenge in the two years Infochimps has been operating is that of bootstrapping: a data market needs both supply and demand.
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The economy is probably operating at around full capacity, and demand looks set to outpace supply.
In the 70s when I was away from a mains electricity supply, a 12-volt battery would keep my respirator operating for just 20 minutes.
To attract commercial contractors, some of whom resent tripping over weekend amateurs in the orange stores, Nardelli is keeping some recently acquired construction supply firms (like White Cap Construction) as stand-alones operating under their own brand names.
In the past it was only multinational companies that could afford to compete with global supply chains, not just because of the cost and complexity of operating trucks, aircraft and warehouses on different continents but also because of the difficulty of managing all these diverse elements.
At a meeting with Netscape in May 1995, he alleges that Microsoft proposed that it would supply the browser for Windows, while Netscape could have all the non-Windows operating systems.
Yet the employees who carry out the operations that make up much of a supply chain's individual components, such as driving trucks, overseeing warehouses or operating fork-lifts, are not always treated as though their jobs are important.
The real culprits are diesel burning trucks and buses (many of which are still operating at Euro III emission levels), factories, and the coal-fired power plants that will supply the electricity for the electric vehicles.
To address these risks, companies should consider their operating models, in an effort designed to define an optimum balance between financial efficiency and assuredness of a stable supply chain.
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For Sony, this transaction will enable it to monetize its shares in S-LCD and aims to secure a flexible and steady supply of LCD panels from Samsung, based on market prices and without the responsibility and costs of operating a manufacturing facility.
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The South Korean government provides insurance for most companies operating in the Kaesong complex, but any major disruptions to operations would hurt other small South Korean businesses in the supply chain.
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