To shield themselves from the risk of having too much product on hand in an uncertain economy, many have shifted to just-in-time mode.
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This allows them to save on warehouse space (especially where refrigeration is required), prevents their product from going bad and, of course, saves money by limiting the amount of product they have on hand to only what they need at any given moment in time.
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This leaves most managers with a dual reporting line: to the head of their product division on the one hand, and to the head of their geographical market on the other.
Grassroots litigation over product pricing, on the other hand, is a troublesome novelty.
And it was Constable who supplied the end product, when he was on hand to stab home after Christie's shot on the turn was blocked.
When it rolls out the product link will appear on the left hand of the Gmail page within the "chat" window.
For those with ideas but no clue how to turn it into a product, there are cloud manufacturing sites on hand to help with pretty much every part of the process from making to marketing.
On the other hand, should Apple signal a cash or product strategy, project a vision or improve communications on its call, then less risk-tolerant investors would want to look at buying Apple after the earnings call to participate in upside for the second half of 2013.
Trulia, on the other hand, thinks that a better strategy is to focus on building a better product.
For most other claims, such as reducing cellulite, firms need no government approval before marketing a product, although they are supposed to have data on hand to support their claim.
Mushkin representatives from the product, sales, and global teams will be on hand to answer any questions regarding these new and upcoming products for the digital home, office, and beyond.
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Bloomberg Sports, vying to become a leader in the sports stats database business, will be on hand to showcase its latest baseball analytics product along with its Front Office 2011 fantasy game.
As we saw with Palm, which had ample cash on hand at the launch of its Palm Pre product, just because you bring a new product to market does not mean its going to be adopted.
On the one hand, I respect any company that fixes product flaws before the product ships.
So these are some the key points in the long process of design development of an HTC phone, where engineers and designers push each other to uncomfortable realm, before eventually delivering the near-final product to Peter Chou for his ultimate test on the size, feel in hand, feel in pocket and even the ringtones.
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On the other hand, for consumers, this is somewhat of a product in search of a use-case.
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On the other hand, Firestone fared worse because it makes a mundane product that people expected to work reliably.
This approach uses customer-buying patterns to create the best product offering, and simultaneously guides customers to the best choices based on what is on hand.
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On the other hand, the competitors do not appear able to bring the product to market until the end of October.
On the one hand, this will now be an integral part of the product, a third pillar, as Zuckerberg described it, along with the newsfeed and timeline.
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As it happened, we stumbled upon a mysterious product known as the Air DAC, and happily, NuForce CEO, Jason Lim was on hand to give us a tour.
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Apple, on the other hand, is and has been the technology disrupter with entirely new product categories.
Companies are keen to follow the trail blazed by Internet sites like Facebook and Wikipedia, where hierarchy and protectionism have been pushed aside as the sites' owners hand over power to their customers, drafting in users to create innovations on the product.
On the other hand, the ability to look at an industry and find the new product that turns college kids into billionaires is not the type of skill that is typically selected for or heightened in the military, where rigorous discipline can make the difference between life and death.
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On one hand, Kickstarter has taken measures to protect consumers by disallowing photorealistic renders that would imply a product is further along than it actually is.
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Then again, if you're willing to hand big bucks to someone you don't know for a product you have not even laid eyes on, getting ripped off would appear to be the least of your problems.
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