In Donnelley's directory plant in Dwight, for example, new computers alert operators feeding 14 presses when a roll of paper is about to run out--a process they eyeballed until six months ago.
One respondent submitted a superbly thought-out 20-step process made up in Visio, a software tool for making schematics.
The drawn-out process of finding a new director-general for the World Trade Organisation dissolved into farce, with the departure of Renato Ruggiero at the end of his term and no sign of an agreement on his replacement.
"The entire process will be subjected to a long and drawn-out process in the courts... no sod will be turned, " he told a meeting with stadium planning officials on Tuesday.
This sentiment, on top of the drawn-out approval process, will create significant opportunity for Verizon and other rivals to poach T-Mobile customers.
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This could be a shock for companies used to a more drawn-out process.
And as I said I think several weeks ago, my interest is not having a long, drawn-out process for months.
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Their companies and assets were taken over, but in the drawn-out process many managed to salvage some of their fortunes.
We received our first term sheet on December 23rd, nearly two months ago, and this has been an organized, thought-out process.
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"Matty's almost done and dusted, " said Ferguson, who has already begun a clearing-out process after a 17th place finish in the Championship.
An unvetted candidate who might have survived a couple of weeks of campaigning couldn't take the strain of this long, drawn-out process.
For online purchases, MasterPass provides shoppers a simple check-out process by eliminating the need to enter detailed shipping and card information with every purchase.
Storrie also denied he was disappointed not to succeed with his own takeover attempt, with Al Fahim finally taking control after a drawn-out process.
Restarting them require approvals from separate government bodies to ensure they comply with environment laws and land use patterns, which could be a drawn-out process.
Needless to say, this is a highly thought-out process and likely not the sort of activity that Facebook users expect from their social networking experience.
The drawn-out process for resolving the fiscal cliff hurt consumer confidence.
The drawn-out electioneering process would be compressed into merely two weeks.
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There is a case for that: Mr Barak, unlike Mr Netanyahu, would be negotiating in good faith, and experience shows that a drawn-out process invites trouble.
Distrust between the two sides is so deep that Sir Richard Dalton, a former British ambassador to Iran, expects a drawn-out process lasting well beyond November's American presidential election.
While most of the financial activity that now takes place on smartphones involves people engaging in transactions with their bank, the credit-card industry has spent millions of dollars to issue new plastic with the contact-less chip that speeds the check-out process.
Changing the Treaty to eliminate its constraints on development and testing, however, sounds a lot like the sort of line-in, line-out amending process that National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice has correctly, and repeatedly, said could not be used with the ABM Treaty.
But before you rush out to get your telomeres stretched - were such a process possible - it is worth pointing out that the creatures they have been working with are not humans but altogether shorter-lived zebra finches.
The original idea behind the Bush administration's changes to the H-2A program--which went through a lengthy rulemaking process--was to cut out the red tape in the visa process and make the wage structure more efficient.
However, when real estate prices were rising, no one cared about the wildly optimistic assumptions or the out-and-out fraud inherent in the loan process.
This is a decision that he thinks is the right course, and he thinks that one of the reasons why he looked forward to speaking with the American people Monday night was to spell out his decision-making process and why he chose the path he chose -- because he thinks it has the best chance of producing the best result for the American people.
He explained that the One's design was inspired by high-end watches, and it turns out that the zero-gap machining process was developed in-house specifically for this device.
David Cameron's party is also trying to get members involved in policy formation - a process that had effectively died out - and it has pioneered the use of "open primaries" to select Tory election candidates.
The Sadrists -- who say the constitution does not spell out a process for voting on international agreements -- are backing a draft law calling for a two-thirds majority for such agreements to pass.
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