Another study reckons that electronic ordering of drugs can reduce medication errors by 86%.
But this radical re-ordering of the map may not have a dramatic impact on electoral outcomes.
In 1996, the incompatibility was blamed for miscommunications in the design and ordering of miles of electrical cables for the A380 superjumbo.
The symbolism of this move could well turn out to be as significant as the pragmatic economics - as another step in the re-ordering of global relationships and partnership.
"Investors are concerned that despite the very strong bookings, that because of the industrywide component tightness, there might be some double-ordering of parts from JDS, " said Mark Sue of RBC Capital Markets.
Here was a man who saw personally to everything, whether a petition from a gunner, or the proper painting of antelopes on his flagship, the Trinity Royal, or the ordering of horseshoe nails.
For a publisher that still makes 90% of its revenues from print subscriptions and print advertising, using digital inventory to push the print product may seem like the most logical ordering of priorities.
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Then King Juan Carlos came on TV and earned the respect of so many Spaniards (and the world) by his refusal to back the coup and ordering of the soldiers back to their barracks.
Mr Mubarak is on trial accused of ordering the killing of demonstrators, charges he denies.
Brazilian football star Bruno Fernandes has gone on trial, accused of ordering the killing of a former lover whose body has never been found.
In a separate trial, Mr. Andreotti was accused of ordering the murder of an Italian journalist in 1979 to stop him from publishing material that risked jeopardizing Mr. Andreotti's career.
President Dmitry Medvedev was put in the awkward position of ordering an investigation of the allegations against his own party, a party he will lead as its president starting next year.
Mubarak. who ruled Egypt for 30 years, was found guilty last June of ordering the killing of protesters and was immediately transferred to Tora prison in southern Cairo to serve his life sentence.
But this is believed to be one of the first times that a court in the country has taken the highly unusual step of ordering the installation of CCTV cameras in a house to prevent such disputes.
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It said drug wholesalers were trimming their inventories because of the bad economic climate, and were hence ordering less of its products.
The charge against him relates to an incident in January, when he was accused of illegally ordering the arrest of a judge accused of corruption.
Shanghai authorities moved Friday to destroy thousands of birds, ordering the closure of wholesale poultry markets and instructing vendors in smaller markets to immediately cull their chicken populations.
Indeed, upon his arrival, Napoleon spun into a veritable tornado of activity, ordering a plethora of public works, like boosting agriculture, road-building, marsh draining and a thorough overhaul of the legal and education systems.
Its exhibit will show how Saddam Hussein exploited the symbolism of Babylon by ordering the reconstruction of the King's Palace with bricks stamped with his name, just as Nebuchadnezzar stamped the originals.
Many are hoping that the impending trial of Maurice Papon, accused of ordering the arrest and deportation of 1, 560 Jews, including many children, when he was police supervisor in the Bordeaux area in 1942-44, will turn into a show trial of the whole of the Vichy administration.
The Dreamliner ranks as the fastest-selling commercial jet in history, with 59 airlines around the world ordering 870 of them.
Singapore Airlines is also reportedly interested in ordering 10 of the extra-large planes, with an option to buy a further six.
The Scottish Prison Service is ordering hundreds of flat-screen televisions for inmates in order to meet energy efficiency targets, it has emerged.
This could reduce productivity if it damaged the global manufacturing supply chain, which often involves multi-national companies ordering many of their key components from overseas.
An office of the mayor, which said it was acting in cooperation with the national health ministry, last summer sent letters ordering most of those collecting the benefit on Zakynthos to an Athens hospital for vision tests.
Also, he was accused of ordering skater Simon Cho to sabotage the skates of a Canadian rival.
Serbian police have accused Milosevic of ordering his associates to cover up all evidence of war crimes in Kosovo.
He, for his part, is accusing Mr Spitzer of ordering New York state police to keep detailed logs of his travels.
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Forget images of your local wine merchant visiting a vineyard and then ordering a van of cases to be driven to his shop.
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Judge Jerry Smith of the 5th Circuit responded to the president's comments by ordering the Department of Justice to submit a three-page, single-spaced memo stating the administration's position on judicial authority to invalidate unconstitutional laws.
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