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.

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Big Pharma could integrate low production cost in China with the quality control of Western medicine and tap a huge domestic demand, Li foresees.

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Naked' is coinciding with an increase in demand for guitar-based rock and quality pop, it is hoped that this new appeal to the young will be enduring.

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This must be complemented with measures to foster demand for quality health care to ensure families and communities are aware of life-saving medicines, know how to access them, and understand how and when to use them.

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The result is that there will be the need to increase in the features and quality of Chinese products to support this demand in order to compete with foreign brands.

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Structural forces, which include growing middle classes in emerging economies and a greater demand for proteins, along with economic considerations such as the quality of feed quality used to increase productivity play a role.

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"With the proliferation of devices and content being shared and stored today, consumer demand for high-quality branded storage solutions continues to grow, " said Philippe Spruch, LaCie's chairman and CEO.

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