Our inventory control software product started out as a tool for a medical device company.
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Among the senior executive's goals for the U.S. is an improvement in customer service and inventory control.
Most high-frequency trading is fundamentally a form of market making with very tight inventory control and very short-lived positions.
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Retailers are expected to focus on inventory control, discounting, sales, and promotions.
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IT, the very sector that was supposed to smooth out the business cycle through better inventory control, has ended up intensifying the current downturn.
The Defense Supply Center at Columbus, one of three inventory control points operated by the Defense Logistics Agency, employs 7, 000 civilians and contract personnel.
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From Japan we learned just in time inventory control, manufacturing quality control and continuous improvement, innovation in consumer electronics design, and an appreciation for sushi.
Some economists have argued that just-in-time methods of inventory control, which allow firms to adjust production more quickly to changes in sales, should help to prevent an unwanted build-up of stocks and so smooth out the economic cycle.
But he was working on similar systems several years before that: His first gig was in 2003 to develop an inventory control system for KCD Public Relations that would help track designer samples sent to magazines, stylists, models and celebrities.
Such networks are already revolutionizing inventory control and fleet management, and are set to play a growing role in key social sectors like healthcare, through e-health applications, education, through remote learning and teacher training, and environmental management through applications like smart grids, monitoring systems and smart buildings.
And, tapping his auto parts experience, he introduced the just-in-time inventory-control system and lean manufacturing, which emphasizes reducing wasteful processes in order to make better products and respond quickly to customers.
The pattern began in the 1950s, when hugely expensive mainframe computers were first used to save correspondingly huge sums in information-intensive functions in the financial-services industry, then in accounting, payroll and inventory-control tasks in other big organisations.
Inventory has spiraled out of control, quality has dropped and costs have soared.
For most sellers, RTB is a simple proposition: they get greater control over their inventory and the ability to generate higher eCPMs, driven by lots of bidders competing for the inventory.
Fewer companies in this industry will result in better control over their inventory and lessened market uncertainty and competition will allow the remaining three HDD companies to be able to make the technology and capital investments that this industry requires.
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At the same time, Sony is balancing cash inflows and outflows while working to improve its cash flow by carefully selecting investments, selling assets and strengthening control of working capital such as inventory.
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They control, measure, and regulate efficient inventory levels, making sure to have enough materials on hand to conduct business.
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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In 1985 I became VP of Sales for a start-up called Applied Control Systems (ACS) that made PC based inventory and accounting software for restaurants.
While Rent the Runway does exhaustive quality control to ensure the absolute perfection of their rental inventory, their product is as much an about self-empowerment as it is about a physical product.
For Titan, making its inventory available through an exchange allows it to reach ad buyers who control digital budgets in addition to buyers confined to outdoor, said Dave Etherington, Titan's executive vice president of marketing.
"Keeping things out of your head and managing a clear and complete inventory of your commitments brings a great increase in clarity, focus, and control, " Allen says.
Selling, general, and administrative expenses as well as manufacturing fixed costs were kept well under control, while the quarter was burdened by temporary inefficiencies related to the volume drop and an inventory reduction.
When rifling through your inventory, picking a lock, or doing any other small time-consuming task, you basically lose temporary control over your character.
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