Fedex is another great example of an organization rethinking its cost structure without impacting service quality.
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An obvious example of out of pocket expenses relating to providing services for a charitable organization is the cost of transportation.
More than five million children in 15 developing countries have received sachets of vitamin and mineral powders that have been approved by UNICEF and the World Health Organization as a cost-effective treatment for iron deficiency.
The organization gives low-cost, donated and refurbished vehicles to qualified full-time workers or those with job offers.
While this approach can be tempting, it usually ends up being counter-productive and will likely cost your organization more in the long run.
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For one, after building the relationships needed, it allowed us to leverage the reach and infrastructure of our corporate partners, engaging them to assist with our mission at a low cost to our organization.
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Combined with a new, streamlined organization, a substantially improved cost base, a strengthened capital structure, and a more customer-oriented culture, we have all the right measures in place to create shareholder value going forward.
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The company expects to benefit from a stronger product portfolio, the simplification of the organization and processes, and cost savings from the restructuring, resulting in improved financial performance in the second half of Fiscal 2013.
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The Deputy Minister also commended the Director-General for her reform of the Organization in order to ensure greater cost-effectiveness and transparency compliance procedures.
You have probably seen similar responses to crises in your organization, even though the scale and cost may be vastly different than the sort of massive humanitarian challenge that happens after a natural disaster.
Your organization will benefit as efficiency clearly leads to cost-savings.
While a pioneer in prosthetics, and having served more than 1.2M individuals to date, Jaipur Foot is much more than an organization that fits high-quality limbs at zero cost to those living in poverty.
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Christophe Dubi, director of sport for the IOC, said the vote was part of a process that began in 2001 after Dr. Jacques Rogge took over as president of the organization and said he wanted to limit the size, cost and complexity of the Games.
The program will streamline the organization, fund key investments and search for other areas for cost savings.
Kirk Proctor, of the Missouri Career Center, said the organization is looking for a way to cover the increased test cost for students participating in a GED preparation and job training program he oversees.
I'm wondering, as a practitioner of Oriental medicine, knowing that the National Institutes of Health and the World Health Organization has discovered through their studies that alternative medicine often is more cost-effective and very effective, how will alternative medicine fit in your new health care program?
So they teamed with a nonprofit organization called the Motor City Blight Busters, which provides a low-cost work force that renovates the homes for Urban Detroit Wholesalers to sell.
When I ran into issues I was able to reach world class experts, at no cost, through an online portal run by a nonprofit advocacy organization, to get expert advice on a medical opinion I got in Phoenix which seemed off track.
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When computers cost a million dollars, you had to work for a large organization to use one.
Every organization has a choice: They can become a victim of cyber attack and pay the cost of recovery, they can rely on quick reactions to changes in the threat space to ensure that they survive the next attack, or they can predict the next escalation in attacks and invest early in the defenses required to avoid ever becoming a victim.
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Utilizing a common de-dupe and compression architecture across your data center can enable your organization to use fewer network resources, reduce your storage footprint, and lower the power and cooling cost of storing your data.
You were asked to join the organization because somebody concluded that your position generally, and you specifically, would bring in more value than cost.
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