Also, it can cut down on lead times, reduce inventory levels, diminish some currency risks, increase control over intellectual property, and reduce supply chain disruption risks.

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Innovative solutions like demand-driven forecasting, in which real-time customer demand information is translated into super-lean production and delivery, have allowed companies to dramatically reduce inventory levels and the costs associated with them.

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Rubicon said that while the pricing environment has not improved for the smaller wafer sizes, it has started taking orders for those products for delivery in Q1 and Q2 to reduce inventory levels and maintain customer relationships.

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The aim was to reduce inventory levels.

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This low-end user demand is forcing Caterpillar dealers to reduce their inventory levels, which is further impacting sales of the company.

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And modeling out what could happen to their business if their customers began to hold on to cars longer, they discovered that they could reduce their inventory levels and increase their emphasis on service operations, just when customer demand began to lean that way.

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Japanese demand for natural gas is expected to increase by 5 billion cubic meters in 2011 which will reduce the current high inventory levels and boost prices.

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