If they play out the way he intends, they could help GM slash manufacturing costs.
Manufacturing costs were higher than expected, and some companies had trouble programming signs in their stores.
Our workforce has shown incredible commitment and made significant progress in reducing manufacturing costs.
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China is a vast country where manufacturing costs vary widely depending upon city and region.
Also, its manufacturing costs are rising in the U.S. And that's where politics potentially come in.
But one of the potential practical applications of this is a savings on manufacturing costs.
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Caterpillar said the earnings jump came on a mix of lower manufacturing costs, among other factors.
The main advantage of combining the fixtures and controls is that it cuts manufacturing costs.
Manufacturing costs in the U.S. are generally higher than those in countries such as China and Malaysia.
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Inventors and entrepreneurs have countless ideas for reducing manufacturing costs, even in the capital-intensive energy industry.
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Our manufacturing costs are simply not competitive due to the many rules, potential lawsuits, high taxes and anti-business environment.
The labor cost associated with these employees has been categorized as manufacturing costs.
The company said the sequential drop in gross margin reflects higher shipments of advanced products with higher manufacturing costs.
Also manufacturing costs for MusclePharm would likely fall with Coca-Cola as payment guarantor.
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That insistence on perfection also pushes up manufacturing costs because many chips have to be discarded if they fall short.
The company attributed the decline primarily to a rise in manufacturing costs and investments related to the introduction of Vue.
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And critics worry that factory safety and worker protections won't improve as long as apparel companies chase the lowest manufacturing costs.
Some say that it is not appreciating fast enough, and still leading to massive imbalances in global trade and manufacturing costs.
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In 2001, the company closed 30 factories, shifting from United States production to outsourcing in Asia where manufacturing costs were lower.
The company has established itself as the biggest supplier of PV modules, and benefits from low manufacturing costs and growing demand in Asia.
By such maneuvers he not only saved manufacturing costs but also shrank overhead from 12.6% of sales in 1998 to 10.9% in 2000.
"Chinese companies are offering their products below manufacturing costs despite their own massive losses, " said Milan Nitzschke, president of the manufacturers' group EU ProSun.
Its typical response to a faltering economy is to trim manufacturing costs, including wages, in order to keep exports keenly priced against other countries.
Fiat wants to take advantage of Mazda powertrain technology, although the strong yen and related higher manufacturing costs are a down side to the deal.
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The European Union just launched SUPRAPOWER, a four-year project aimed at developing a next-gen wind turbine that could cut manufacturing costs by 30 percent.
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.
It will be a computer that is worn on the wrist and thus the manufacturing costs are commensurate with a computer, not with extant watches.
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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.
The investment will allow the base to make the latest system-on-chip designs in which various technologies are integrated onto the same circuit, helping minimise manufacturing costs.
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