Coming off of a strong first quarter, Yoon believes that Huntsman is due for growth thanks in large part to a diversified market that has seen increased demand, which is dependent on a limited supply.

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Apple is deeply dependent on China for its supply chain and increasingly for sales.

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It also wants the UK to be more self-sufficient for its energy, so it doesn't have to rely on other countries to supply our power and is less dependent on volatile and increasingly expensive global gas and oil prices.

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Phone service from cable companies is also dependent on power, but most companies supply backup batteries to power the phones for some hours in an outage.

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India faces massive electricity shortages due to a mismatch between coal demand and supply, making it dependent on imports from Indonesia and other countries.

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As he recognized that the success of supply chain was increasingly dependent on system integration, data integrity, and other key aspects typically run by the IT department, he determined that tight integration between IT and supply chain was a must.

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The obvious conclusion is that we are massively dependent on a resource that has steady ramping global demand and very concentrated supply, with a significant risk of a disruption of this supply.

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Horner said Arden's entry would be dependent on them being allowed to buy a chassis as well as an engine supply from another team.

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The creation of new markets is often dependent on component technologies opening up opportunities, rather than the development of entire supply chains of products.

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The electronic and automotive industries are highly dependent on supplies that come from Japan, and even the most forward-thinking companies, like Apple, have seen supply chain disruptions due to the disaster.

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