For five years corporations spent much more than their cash flow for plant and equipment.
Earlier models, which tried to use water flow and plant growth to explain how the tiger bush got its stripes, failed to account for all but the simplest patterns.
Hairballs mean more inventory costs because at each geographically separate production stage a buffer stock of unfinished items is kept to cope with any disruptions in the flow from another plant.
We have come up with a rough measure, along the lines of the "cash flow" used by analysts to evaluate companies with heavy plant-and-equipment outlays--cash flow here referring to the sum of earnings and depreciation.
They also tried to find workers capable of reversing the plant's emergency shutdown and restarting the flow of gas, but showed little understanding of how the energy facility functioned, three plant employees who survived the attack said.
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About 30% of the city's storm drains flow to a treatment plant, according to the D.
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With new chips and software, Eaton can meter and control the flow of electricity on plant floors to prevent sags and surges caused by lots of motors and digital devices starting up at once.
Consider: Since March of 2001 Cytyc's free cash flow (operating cash flow less spending on property, plant and equipment) has increased from 26 cents per share to 83 cents per share.
Already, intercompany flow between the headquarters in Italy and the manufacturing plant in the UK has streamlined procurement and enhanced CTP planning and sales processes.
In February, prosecutors accused the director of Mayak, Russia's main waste processing plant in the Ural Mountains, of allowing tons of radioactive nuclear waste to flow into a nearby river.
The water originates near a lava flow 6, 000 feet below ground, passes through a nearby geothermal power plant and cools to just over 100 degrees Fahrenheit by the time it reaches the lagoon.
While low flow fixtures, rainfall collection, and solar panels help to conserve water and energy, the desalination plant and wind farm that were part of the original plan are the kinds of large-scale facilities that would make this community truly stand out as a worldwide front-runner in sustainability.
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