You would be looking at months, probably years, for the U.S. to be able to recreate a manufacturing nexus capable of producing the scale of production Apple needs.
There are few skilled workers, the scale of production is small and wage costs are roughly ten times that of India, which dominates the world market and where 900, 000 people work as basic polishers.
Activists argued that if all those who needed AIDS drugs could get them via this kind of funding, the very increase in the scale of production would drive drug costs down, which would in turn fuel further market growth, creating a virtuous cycle.
Raising LNG imports will be one part in meeting that goal, particularly as development of large-scale production of domestic shale gas resources remains years away.
Economies of scale are the cost savings associated with a larger production scale (size) of certain product, the larger the production scale, the lower the per unit product cost.
The two companies will examine ways of enabling large-scale commercial production of Aquamarine's new wave energy device, known as Oyster.
Smaller automakers face an uphill climb given the scale of their production, while larger firms like General Motors can leverage its facilities to produce its Chevy Volts, for example.
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By the end of this decade, we will see 3D printers doing the small-scale production of previously labor-intensive crafts and goods.
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Industrial-scale units house thousands of animals, cutting the cost of production through economies of scale.
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Economies of scale are the cost savings associated with a larger production size of certain product, the larger the production scale, the lower the per unit product cost.
It usually takes two years to scale up production of such a complex molecule.
As might be expected given the scale and speed of production, the quality was uneven.
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Within this decade, we will see 3D printers doing the small-scale production of previously labor-intensive crafts and goods.
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What is agreed right now is that there's very little scientific information about large-scale production of jatropha oil.
The trial, along with a previously announced urban equivalent in Leicester, will depend on small-scale production of the vehicles.
With that, Doosan plunged into full-scale production of power plants for turnkey transfer to oil-rich nations, two-thirds of its business today.
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Volvo Car Corporation starts small-scale production of the Volvo C30 Electric this year, and next year the company will start selling the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid.
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In an interview with the Financial Times of London, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said yesterday that if that happens, Iran will resume full scale production of nuclear fuel.
But the company also warned that the drive industry is going to be badly disrupted for at least the next few quarters by the recent severe flooding in Thailand, home to large-scale production of both drives and related components.
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This could be possible as there is tremendous potential for economies of scale, both in terms of mass production, which reduces the cost of each turbine, and in terms of the construction and management of vast wind farms offshore where there are few limits on available acreages.
Then with efficiencies of production and economies of scale, margins will improve over the product lifecycle.
More sales equal larger economies of scale, which lowers per-unit costs of production for businesses and cuts prices for consumers.
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Over that time, the scale of fracking for unconventional gas production has grown and, in turn, has generated proportionally more wastewater.
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The company plans to use the funds raised in the offering to build a portion of a commercial scale production facility in Newton, Mississippi.
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Rockefeller made a fortune rationalizing systems of large-scale production and transportation.
Once he has the engineering and production down, Babar plans to ask the government, or an agency like the Asian Development Bank, to cover the upfront costs of large-scale production.
By establishing a base of large-scale production facilities for solar panels, New York expects to facilitate growth and create many high-paying jobs in upstate New York, which desperately needs them after losing jobs for decades.
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Harris was expecting to reach full-scale production by the end of this year.
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After the pipeline was shut down, Alyeska ordered all North Slope producers to scale back production to 5% of normal levels.
This frees Pirelli from the physical constraints of traditional large-scale production.
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