But consumers aren't clamoring for custom-built cars, says John (Brad) Ross, who runs GM's order-to-delivery program.
The shorter the order-to-delivery cycle, the lower the costs of carrying stocks of finished cars.
At least when I call in the order -- "Isaac's regular" -- I do it with devotion.
This may seem contrary to the natural order -- but it's all part of brewer Carlsberg's sustainability drive.
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Equally interesting is that order-of-magnitude increase in Prius sales over a decade and what it might portend for electric vehicles.
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Getting a car from the factory to the dealer is the biggest single chunk of time in the order-to-delivery timeline.
It was the first executive order -- a promise that was not kept, because it became messier than anyone thought.
The cash crisis forced Gall and Cooke to rely on purchase-order financing--in essence, factoring receivables before they are even receivable.
The order -- which was later denied during Tuesday's hearing, had allowed protesters to bring back tents and other equipment.
Still, serious caution is in order--in the real estate slump of 1990, Hovnanian's price-to-book ratio dropped as far as 0.3.
Multiplying 300 by 400 we get the order-of-magnitude estimate that the system as a whole was threatened by around 100, 000 patents.
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Jeweler Jacob Arabo became a rap icon for his garish made-to-order pieces for A-list clients like Jay-Z, Kanye West and 50 Cent.
Netflix ( NFLX - news - people )-like mail-order DVD offering and another time with an iTunes-like download service.
Dell innovated computer sales, eschewing expensive distribution for direct-to-customer marketing and order-taking.
Also, the list is in order -- the closer a whole-grain ingredient is to the top, the more of it the food contains.
So far, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida -- in that order -- will hold presidential primaries or caucuses in January.
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Kitmakers from around the world want to provide the off-the-shelf and made-to-order parts you need to make your own creations, products, and inventions.
Unfettered by job assignments, participants can set an objective--say, to reduce production errors or streamline order entry--or come up with novel product ideas.
What we did know was that it was going to take nearly a decade in order -- can you guys still hear us?
Kim said her results didn't change with the child's birth order -- another possible allergy risk factor -- or if the child was male or female.
For a start, the order-to-delivery time is very long, up to two months, much longer than customers for true mass-market cars would be prepared to wait.
Guests enjoy large two-room suites, cooked-to-order breakfasts, a 24-hour fitness facility with a swimming pool, and a prime location directly across the street from the front door of the convention centre.
"The order-of-magnitude increase in computational power available with Titan will allow us to investigate even more realistic models with better accuracy" noted ORNL researcher and WL-LSMS developer Markus Eisenbach.
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"If you look at it in terms of order-of-magnitude costs and what it would compete against in terms of other safety improvements, it's a difficult argument, " Mr. Prendergast said.
" Kuala Lumpur's priority, he added, was to "put our house in order -- improve economic fundamentals by tightening fiscal policy, postponing some mega-projects and bringing the current-account deficit down.
Although ICE was supposedly seeking fugitives -- people who may have evaded a deportation order -- most of the people they arrested had never had any encounter with the agency before.
Other elements of the bill include strengthened order-of-protection laws, increased penalties for people convicted of human trafficking and a new effort to guarantee women are paid the same as men in the workplace.
But certainly one big topic of conversation has been soft dollars--the monetary value of the research that investment banks provide to clients in return for trading order flow--which the SEC has been studying.
Swapping data between computer and phone systems -- for mail-order, home- banking and other service providers -- is an ideal growth business for a computer and telecom equipment maker like Oki, he says.
Inside, arias from Verdi's "Otello" played as four monitors showed staged performances of the opera in reverse order -- from the death scene finale to the first encounter between the opera's ill-fated couple.
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