Sentences with phrase «end value chain»

Including Food and Grocery Code of Conduct, end - to - end value chain opportunities, commercial and sales capabilities, as well as the financial competitiveness of the FMCG retail industry.

«Today, payments are a broken end - to - end value chain full of intermediaries, payment insurers, liquidity providers, clearing agents, settlement agents, and account holders.

Not exact matches

The inputs at one end of the value chain, materials provided by suppliers, undergo a series of transformations to make them worth more.

Whole Foods stock jumped more than 30 percent to about $ 43 per share on Friday, following Amazon's announcement that it plans to acquire the high - end grocery chain in a deal valued at $ 13.7 billion.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Carlson hopes to leverage his low - cost gas into partnerships with downstream end - users without having to be a big investor: «If we're going to recover a large portion of the value generated from our natural gas production, we're going to have to take our value further down the supply chain.»

This is having a negative effect on China's competitiveness at the very low end of the value chain, but higher wages are feeding into higher consumption, while the authorities continue to target transportation and environmental infrastructure for investment.

A supply chain «may be generally defined as the series of companies, including suppliers, customers, and logistics providers that work together to deliver a value package of goods and services to the end customer» (Maloni & Brown, 2006, p. 36).

Bühler is set to unveil groundbreaking digital technologies that include minimising toxic contamination, reducing food waste and increasing end - product quality across the whole food value chain as part of a new partnership with Microsoft.

«So we think that's one of the important elements to our current and future success is making sure everybody in the distribution chain has a strong margin, but at the end of the day, the consumer must feel they're still getting a value for a tasty and fun product.»

Swiss food processing equipment manufacturer Buhler has partnered with Microsoft to unveil new digital technologies for minimising toxic contamination and reducing food waste, as well as increasing end - product quality across the food value chain.

Treasury has also singled out several commercial brands in its troubled United States operations as «non-priority» but won't divulge which ones they are, as it attempts to move higher up the value chain and divert more investment into the luxury end of the market.

To facilitate this result using Brazilian agrichemical containers, DuPont collaborated with multiple companies in the value chain to help establish a closed - loop recycle program and higher - value end - use processing.

In contrast, Western industrialized nations such as Germany experience food waste predominantly at the end of the food value chain — especially in consumers» homes.

Addressing the whole value chain, Dow Agrosciences considered the distribution chain, end user, and the end of life for the package.

To this end, he said the agricultural sector serves as a ready alternative source of revenue generation not only to Government but also to individuals and private organizations through the various Agro allied value chains.

He noted that this is the way to develop healthy relations, and put Ghanaian products at the high end of the value chain in the global market place, and, thereby, create jobs for the teeming masses of Ghanaians, particularly the youth.

The AfDB Vice President stated that it was eager to see improvement in energy efficiency and conservation along the energy value chain to reduce losses - production, transmission, distribution, and end - use inefficiencies.

To learn more about what affects consumer decisions regarding fluid milk purchases, researchers from North Carolina State University used surveys, conjoint analysis, and means - end - chain analysis to uncover the underlying values among dairy milk and nondairy beverage consumers.

Strong industry advice and links are also needed to make sure it's appropriately focused, as are interfaces with the rest of the minerals value chain — the data providers at the beginning and the geological experts near the end of the process.

End users are the actors along the rice value chain such as farmers, millers, processors, traders and consumers, and input suppliers.

At the bottom end of the value chain are the price factor companies, who compete solely on price — commodity printers who might be termed the «quote and hope» companies.

They corroborate this data with the data obtained from various market participants and stakeholders across the value chain, including vendors, service providers, distributors, re-sellers, and end - users.

But eventually every (near) monopoly ends up as a flabby rent - seeker to the disadvantage of others in the value chain.

Originally part of the Career Education Corporation chain of colleges, the Sanford - Brown Institute ended its activities back in 2015, leaving nearly 30,000 students with student debt and no diploma to show for (or at least a diploma of value).

The benefit here is that you can use your points to book a room with any hotel chain of your choosing, from high - end luxury hotels to cheap roadside motels, and you'll usually get more value per point than just one cent.

By the time that a real estate investment opportunity moves from the private market player at the beginning of the value chain to the individual investor at the end, its earning potential has diminished for the end investor, as it has already incurred several sets of fees, expenses, and markups.

Overall, the individual investor at the end of the value chain buying shares of the Vanguard REIT ETF buys at the advertised retail price — not at the wholesale price that is available earlier in the supply chain — earning the lowest return at the most inflated investment price.

The SCS value add offering now extends fully into 4PL as well as complete end to end Supply Chain Management contracts.

In the end, there is nothing wrong with a redemption value of 1 penny on a dollar, since most hotel chains have a much worse value than this.

About 25 miles north of Puerto Vallarta, the all - inclusive Iberostar Playa Mita is a Gold Premium - level property within the Iberostar brand, which means it lies near the upscale end in a chain of all - inclusives known for offering good value to families.

While I've long used Starwood points for hotel stays — the Starwood program has more top - end properties that I'd want to stay at than any other chain — often the best value can be obtained through airline mileage transfers.

The benefit here is that you can use your points to book a room with any hotel chain of your choosing, from high - end luxury hotels to cheap roadside motels, and you'll usually get more value per point than just one cent.

«These are actual tools that are worked on collaboratively all the way across the value chain, including with the end - user utility grid operator.»

This is why H&M has committed to becoming climate positive by 2040 throughout the entire value chain — all the way from raw material extraction to products» end of life.

Copernicus's contribution concerned the Earth observation value chain: across two separate workshops audiences were able to see a progression from raw data and how to access it, to downstream uses of climate information for decision makers, commerce and end users.

«The hemp industry has had a huge impact on the Canadian economy, as the ability to grow hemp in Canada benefits the whole value chain, from farmer, to producer, to the end consumer.»

It's not the end of lawyers or law firms, but a reshuffling of their importance in the broader value chain.

The SCS value add offering now extends fully into 4PL as well as complete end to end Supply Chain Management contracts.

The work [Axiom does] covers a spectrum of sophistication: at the high - end, we are displacing the use of law firms in a given area; at the mid - high / medium point on the spectrum, we are doing work that used to be done by senior company lawyers; and we will also handle the lower - end work if it is a part of the same value chain.

The bigger picture here is that we control and deliver on the «end - to - end» value chain...

We will then work to support withdrawals on the chain with less cumulative difficulty if it ends up having a significant amount of hash power, exchange volume, or economic value, and possibly even open new order books.

We will make every effort to support withdrawals of the chain with less total difficulty, if it ends up having a significant amount of hash power, exchange volume, or economic value.

The SCS value add offering now extends fully into 4PL as well as complete end to end Supply Chain Management contracts.

On top it should also be remembered that by delivering products on time and making processes more efficient, good supply chain management can also add value to the end product that a consumer receives.

And even though the proposal would apply only to households earning at least $ 250,000, home prices across the board would fall as home buyers discount the value of the deduction in their purchase offers, setting off a chain reaction that will affect prices on all homes — not just the high - end homes that are bought by households earning $ 250,000 or more.