South Korean companies that operated in Kaesong want to withdraw their raw materials and finished goods.
The core prices in the producer-price index, which measures the cost of finished goods, rose 0.1%.
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As manufacturing has moved abroad, more finished goods need to crisscross the country from ports.
The auto industry is a trillion-dollar industry, sitting on 60-100 days of finished goods.
They paid too much for raw materials, and charged too little for finished goods.
Finished goods are ultimately smuggled into the United States in various ways which are difficult to detect.
The PPI for finished goods had risen 0.7% in March after a substantial 1.6% jump in February.
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Older, second-generation applications where prices for the finished goods already are falling anyway the green-tech equivalent of a mid-range t-shirt.
They have been importing all manner of raw materials and finished goods for two years on a massive scale.
Not Steve Jobs at all however good he was at motivating the design team and marketing the finished goods.
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The goal is to reduce cycle times the period needed to go from ordering raw materials to delivering finished goods by 25%.
On a yearly basis, the index for finished goods moved up 4.8% in 2011 after a 3.8% increase in 2010.
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With local craftsman and factories, they could literally be watching as prototypes and then finished goods came off the assembly line.
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However, according to Stephen Green, at Standard Chartered, stocks of finished goods are still rising, which will curb production over the next few months.
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As crude costs continue to rise, explains McCain, they will be passed down the production process, from crude to intermediate and to finished goods.
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With MakersRow.com designers can use a six-step process to find local manufacturing partners, prototype, and produce finished goods all in their own back yards.
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In every market--and at every step from suppliers of raw materials to consumers of finished goods--faster, cheaper communication lowers the cost of producing and consuming.
Nomura Securities in China noted that to clients that new orders less finished goods inventories continues to rise, which bodes well for the May PMI reading.
In addition, Panasonic's commitment to quality-at both the component and finished goods level-results in a total of more than 500 checks and tests during and after production.
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The practice is at risk of extinction because of the decreasing number of master potters, low prices for finished goods and the increasing use of mass-produced containers.
Reverse logistics means controlling the flow of material, inventory and finished goods from point of consumption to point of origin, for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal.
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As my colleague Connie Guglielmo has noted, Apple actually buys some of the manufacturing gear used by some of the firms that make parts and finished goods for the company.
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With the live information on production, customers can know how rapidly their order is being filled and get a precise estimate of when finished goods will be shipped to them.
Agriculture still looks a big winner, and so do industrial materials, but it seems today there's relatively more demand in basic industries than for the finished goods that use them.
Moreover, during the three months ending January, the rate of advance in the producer price indices for intermediate products, and finished goods have all accelerated into double digit annual rates of advance.
Released on Thursday, the Producer Price Index (PPI) shows that prices for finished goods rose 0.8% through April, essentially the same rate as in March, while prices for crude goods jumped.
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Controlling the supply of rare earths means that China can also control their processing and use in finished goods, which would fit a broader effort to drive its manufacturers from low- to high-value goods.
It is also likely that companies everywhere will stockpile raw materials and finished goods ahead of the end of this year, for fear that the millennium bug might strike computers and disrupt their supply chain.
Because while a stronger yuan increases the dollar price of Chinese goods, it also lowers the yuan price of foreign raw material, allowing Chinese manufacturers to keep a lid on the price of their finished goods.
Multiple factors could affect revenue loss, including the amount of finished goods inventory available, extent of the damage to the building and the equipment, the length of time for operations to resume back to full production.
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