Caterpillar said the earnings jump came on a mix of lower manufacturing costs, among other factors.
This will either allow these processors to boast bigger cache memories letting them run faster, or to have smaller die sizes and lower manufacturing costs.
Intel also makes chips using its 0.18 micron technology, considered as important in a strategy to lower manufacturing costs for the higher profit margin chips.
As conventional photovoltaic module prices plunged, thin-film companies found themselves under increasing pressure to raise the efficiency of their products and lower manufacturing costs to remain competitive.
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In 2008, Trina is determined to "lower our module manufacturing costs through constant improvements in cell efficiencies, wafer thickness reduction, and manufacturing process innovation, " he added.
Nonetheless, trade at its Primark stores was more intense than expected, which - along with lower than expected manufacturing costs due to a drop in cotton prices - helped the chain achieve better operating profit margins than a year ago.
Such a process upgrade could send Apple in search of a manufacturing partner with lower labor costs.
Rather, the drop in commodity prices in 2008 will soon show up in lower manufacturing and supply-chain costs.
And they would benefit from a splurge of capital that would allow large-scale manufacturing and thus lower costs.
In 2001, the company closed 30 factories, shifting from United States production to outsourcing in Asia where manufacturing costs were lower.
Many startups only recently entered the market and need to gain manufacturing scale to lower their production costs, or else they will never be competitive, Mehta said.
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So the movement of work abroad in search of lower labour costs is no longer confined to manufacturing but now also includes white-collar jobs, from computer programming to copywriting and back-office legal tasks.
During this second wave, there will be a manufacturing resurgence, in part because of lower expected energy costs.
First, the reindustrialization of America: The U.S. is an increasingly attractive manufacturing platform because of productivity gains, more flexible labor markets, technological advances and lower energy costs.
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By designing and building electric motors in-house, GM says it will be able to lower costs and improve performance, quality and reliability by controlling the design, purchasing and manufacturing processes.
Nobody is going to build a manufacturing plant in America when gobs of capacity is shuttered and available, and costs are dramatically lower elsewhere with plentiful skill supply.
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With manufacturing costs these days cut to the bone, the only way for carmakers to raise margins is to lower their marketing and warranty costs.
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