The transmission network is not the only vulnerable part of the power supply chain, which is one giant bottleneck.
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Over the past six months, the decline in polysilicon prices has eclipsed similar price reductions across the solar-power supply chain including a 23% reduction in wafer prices and 6.5% for modules.
Even the simplest electric appliance, the desk lamp, generally has at least a power switch or chain.
The next weak link in the power-deregulation chain is transmission and distribution .
Unable to compete with the purchasing power and supply chain prowess of national chains, the mom and pop shop seemed destined for the dust heap.
The concentration of power among retailers has led to another stage in the shift in power down the food chain.
We see the power of that supply chain this month as the new iPhone has gotten top reviews on sites like gdgt.com.
But companies like these have an excess of commercial power in their particular supply chain that shifts business risks, like the non-availability of goods on a production line, to a supplier without shifting the associated profit.
SunPower and EBS also plan to construct a chain of solar power plants, including rooftop solar projects on government buildings, across the State of Punjab to generate nearly 1, 000 MW of power over the next two years.
At the top of the food activist value chain sits the moral power of helping others.
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But history shows that the power position in the business value chain usually goes to the player that controls the customer relationship.
While the delay continues, investment decisions on new power stations and on the supply chain for new generation are being put off.
No one has the authority, the power or the wisdom to break the chain.
Wasson is en route to forging the first global pharmacy chain, with worldwide buying power and a massive distribution network.
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This system securely mounts a Mac mini inside a specially designed 1U enclosure, which also contains one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot, a 75W power supply plus a Thunderbolt daisy-chain port.
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Temporary factors, including the damping effect of higher food and energy prices on consumer purchasing power and spending as well as supply chain disruptions associated with the tragic events in Japan, appear to account for only some of the recent weakness in economic activity.
The greater selection offered by the chain stores and their strong buying power helped reduce prices of the books they sold.
The big breakthrough comes though when large food companies use their innovation power to create a new type of food chain.
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And downstream, the new multi-brand retailers and the internet-savvy consumers are together gaining power and a bigger chunk of the value chain.
They hired a group of consultants to determine how utilities could work together to leverage the power of a digital economy and transform their supply chain operations.
If you focus on that third area, value chain optimization, you can use your power as a buyer and try to work with suppliers to create more sustainable products.
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Sadr has fired some of the worst participants and tried to restructure the chain of command, but a struggle for power between what Petraeus calls "the pragmatists" and "the throat slitters" will continue, he said.
One of the biggest reasons why Apple has managed to keep its margins high is through its tightly controlled supply chain, which gives it a greater bargaining power while negotiating the cost of its supplies.
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He brings together a tangy array of people whose place in the economy is sketched as clearly as their place in the chain of affections, and gets at the power relations that the most intimate connections depend on.
Apart from an ancient aluminium complex, Montenegro's main industrial hope lies on the drawing-board: a chain of hydro-electric plants that could supply power to Albania and Greece and across the Adriatic to Italy.
Often decisions go through a chain of several people, many of whom have the power to veto, but not the power to approve.
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The technology is complicated (of course)--a tapered cone wrapped in a chain that unwinds onto the mainspring barrel, ensuring that the power delivered by the mainspring remains constant.
Toyota had to face the devastating effects of the earthquake and tsunami that battered Japan two years ago, disrupting its global supply chain and causing a partial meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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Outsourcing leads to the fragmentation and disintegration of the supply chain, inviting new competitors into the industry, and undermining pricing power and profitability.
Compounding the problem, outsourcing leads to the fragmentation and disintegration of the supply chain, inviting new competitors into the industry, and undermining pricing power and profitability.
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