Suppliers that can be relatively creative when it comes to efficiency and product innovation, while maintaining quality, can benefit through increased market share, he said.
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Apple would not comment on exactly why it abandoned the EPEAT environmental standard, which measures a product's recyclability and energy efficiency.
The product portfolio also impacts the sales efficiency and top line revenue.
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There really has been this massive revolution in how businesses are run in terms of the capital efficiency with getting a product launched.
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And building owners need to be receptive to the changing efficiency paradigm, from the idea of efficiency as a standalone product to an integrated project.
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The year 2010 will also see vehicle breakthroughs, like the plug-in Chevrolet Volt and the Chevy Cruze, a zippy, fuel-efficient compact that will usher in a new era of global efficiency in small-car product development.
"This research shows that there's still more work to be done with consumer advice, product innovation and take up of energy-efficiency labelling, " he said.
And since 1997, when the 6-foot-11 Wake Forest grad first donned the silver and black as the NBA draft's No. 1 overall pick, no American sports team has done that job better. it's hard to imagine that's not primarily a product of Duncan's no-nonsense efficiency, though Fratello points out that Popovich and the Spurs' front office -- as well as the personnel it's paired with Duncan -- deserve credit.
Digital teams should ask themselves: what do we really know about product development, supply chain management, and operational efficiency?
Among those that do, the definition varies: 55% define sustainability as the management of issues related to the environment (for example, greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency, waste management, green-product development, and water conservation).
According to analysts, they suffered from conversion efficiency issues, and may have brought the product into the market too early.
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For cost efficiency, best pricing to customers and freshest product delivery, they manage to create a scenario where products rarely stay in the warehouse for more than a week.
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When combined with an absence of customer education and a product that lacks the sex appeal of solar, building owners often overlook efficiency reserves as a source of revenue.
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Altera's next-generation products will now include 14nm, in addition to previously announced 20nm technologies, extending the company's tailored product portfolio that meets myriad customer needs for performance, bandwidth and power efficiency across diverse end applications.
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The company is a pioneer in its market and prides itself on tightly engineering its entire product line, from silicon parts through systems and software, to optimize speed and efficiency.
Yields from the process are such that the researchers think they need only double the efficiency of the prototype that they have created in order to have a commercial product.
Since the speed and efficiency with which a startup with limited cash is able to bring a competitive product to market is imperative, having the right people resources is a make-or-break issue.
The restructuring process, which began in 2009, is expected to reduce manufacturing costs, increase efficiency, facilitate far more flexibility in labor requirements, and will also help reduce product development time by 30% that will enable the company to launch new models faster.
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The company last week released the latest version of a product for research institutions to automate their regulatory compliance procedures, manage research project approvals and improve the efficiency of complicated human and animal research.
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