First, it raised average productivity by 11% through improved quality and efficiency and reduced inventory.
During the early part of the recent economic recession, demand for HDDs fell and customers reduced inventory.
With enhanced visibility of inventory, quality, supply capability and demand fluctuations, we can expect to see reduced inventory, increased capacity utilisation and less waste in entire industry and multi-industry supply chains.
Similarly, in Glastonbury, CT, a Whole Foods grocery store kept the coolers running during a power outage with its 200-kW fuel cell made by UTC Power, which dramatically reduced inventory losses resulting from food spoilage.
Existing home sales were lower on Friday, as the increased demand has reduced the inventory.
Despite the weak sell-through and supply disruptions, we reduced channel inventory by 3 percent and internal inventory by 10 percent sequentially.
To what degree will private demand accelerate as the positive contribution to GDP from reduced business inventory liquidation and government stimulus plays out?
We also reduced internal inventory another 2% and now have very lean channel and internal inventories at levels not seen since we emerged from the recession.
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They have also reduced their available inventory of seats, causing the average ticket price to rise, leading to revenue increases.
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With inventory levels reduced, demand tends to outweigh the supply, causing prices to inch up.
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The company said the expected drop in Q4 margins reflects reduced factory loadings to reduce inventory.
The inventory cycle was reduced from 28 days to 5 days.
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Since 2006, HD increased its operating margin through efforts such as developing its supply chain management, which reduced cost of transportation and inventory, and developing a formal distribution channel which increased bargaining power over suppliers.
The virtual shutdown of the subprime mortgage market and a widening of spreads on jumbo mortgage loans have further reduced the demand for housing, while foreclosures are adding to the already-elevated inventory of unsold homes.
For Q1, the company sees reduced sales of six-inch wafers, noting that its largest LED customer has excess inventory and will not need additional capacity until the second quarter.
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Google says improvements in the underlying technology infrastructure have reduced the time it takes to connect with various ad exchanges, allowing beta customers to access 16% more ad inventory on the thousands of websites that use DoubleClick.
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