They included such practical applications
as planning production in the chemicals industry, evaluating applicants for credit cards, and predicting bankruptcies.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring
production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals
as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such
as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus»
production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension
plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such
as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such
as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such
as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers,
as well
as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco
as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase
plan, among other things.
But Fiat said the investment was the next phase of a previously announced
plan, describing it
as a «continuation of the efforts already underway to increase
production capacity in the U.S. on trucks and SUVs to match demand.»
In mid-2016, Boeing said it was considering ending
production of the Boeing 747s,
as airlines
planned to phase the planes, famous for their humped fuselages, out of their fleets.
Olea Australis» managing director Tony Sparks said the proceeds of the additional placement would assist in current and
planned capital projects to expand infrastructure and operating capacity to meet the increasing levels of olive oil
production as well
as provide additional working capital.
In his book «High Output Management,» Andy Grove, founder of Intel, advocates that «a manager should use his calendar
as a «
production»
planning tool, taking a firm initiative to schedule work that is not time - critical.»
And now, Trump
plans to apply similar pressure to other companies looking to outsource such
as Rexnord Corp., which has announced its intention to move its industrial bearings
production from Indiana to Mexico
as well.
Rapoport added that the Patriots have assessed Brady's long - term
production as part of their own long - term
planning and believe he «will play 3 - 5 more years.»
In October, Toyota said it would scale back investment in a
planned plant in Mexico by 30 percent to $ 700 million and cut
planned annual capacity in half to 100,000 vehicles
as it shuffles its
production plans to meet market demands.
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development,
production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension
plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to
as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
A fundable growth
plan will be heavy on operational details such
as staffing, sales, marketing and
production.
Asked about risks of being heavily involved in Tesla's aggressive
production plans, Ito said Panasonic «hopes to play a balancing act» of ensuring investment returns and filling responsibilities
as a supplier.
Musk
plans to shut down its Fremont, California factory for 10 days in the second quarter but said Tesla will meet the
production target of 5,000 Model 3s per day by the end of June,
as planned, and will turn a profit in the second half of the year.
Video
production as a hobby can make you an appealing candidate for a role in
production or event
planning.
The basic elements of TQM,
as expounded by the American Society for Quality Control, are 1) policy,
planning, and administration; 2) product design and design change control; 3) control of purchased material; 4)
production quality control; 5) user contact and field performance; 6) corrective action; and 7) employee selection, training, and motivation.
But it now looks like the
plans might have changed again
as Tesla is learning from mistakes that led to a very slow Model 3
production ramp and applying the knowledge to the development of the Model Y.
A panel of several other analysts forecast a price drop if OPEC were to end its
production cut deal
as planned in March 2018.
Just
as Tesla did in Q1, it
plans to take
planned downtime
as part of its Model 3
production process.
Businesses had responded very quickly to a fall in demand by cutting
production and costs,
as well
as shelving their
plans for expansion.
These series, which are in far more advanced stages, including pre-
production and
production, all are proceeding
as planned, at least for now,
as most already have contracted large casts and crews.
As Tesla continues to expand its product line, Tesla's
production plan is also set to increase to a rate of 500,000 vehicles a year by 2018.
By 2018, we
plan to produce 35 GWh of lithium - ion battery cells annually, nearly
as much
as the rest of the entire world's battery
production combined.
Major iron ore producers show per tonne
production costs
as low
as $ 20 and are
planning on increasing
production amidst oversupply.
Even with a $ 408 million financial hit due to tax reform, the company remains in good shape
as it transitions to Series 6
production and raised its 2018 guidance
as it
plans to bring back some Series 4 capacity to meet its 2 + year backlog of demand.
The stock rallied over 6.5 % the week following the announcement, with the proceeds earmarked for Model 3
production with deliveries by the end of 2017 and bringing forward Tesla's 500,000 vehicle unit build
plan 2 years from 2020 to 2018 (
as in next year, 2018).
ANCHORAGE, Alaska —
As part of its commitment to a regionally tailored approach to safe and responsible domestic energy
production, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today issued a Call for Information and Nominations for potential Oil and Gas Lease Sale 242, proposed for the Beaufort Sea
Planning Area off Alaska in 2017.
Majors like Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC have announced
plans to expand basic chemical
production using natural gas
as a feedstock.
Last month the company said it
plans to invest nearly 70 percent of this budget to boost
production in Permian and Montney,
as oil investors pressure producers to improve
production without significantly increasing capital budgets.
Sales of motor vehicles and parts were down 7.0 per cent compared to August
as production began to wind down in advance of
planned facility closures.
Through policies such
as withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, rescinding the Clean Power
Plan, approving the Keystone XL Pipeline and removing countless Obama era regulations on energy
production, the Trump Administration has created an environment which fosters energy independence and growth rather than stifling it.
Tesla is
planning to build the biggest lithium - ion battery plant in the world in an effort to not only reduce cell costs for its electric vehicles but to ramp up
production as well to keep up with projections that it will be churning out 100,000 vehicles annually by 2015.
He also had assignments in exploration and
production,
as well
as strategic
planning.
Musk
plans to shut down its Fremont, California factory for 10 days in the second quarter but said Tesla will meet the
production target of 5,000 Model 3s per week by the end of June,
as planned, and will turn a profit in the second half of the year.
Kuwait is sticking with
plans to add half a million barrels a day of oil -
production capacity
as it prepares for the eventual expiration of the output quotas OPEC adopted to Continue Reading
Iran Kuwait Offshore Field Kuwait's state - run oil company is
planning US$ 42 billion in investments by 2022,
as the country pursues a three-fold strategy to increase oil
production, expand its refineries Continue Reading
Chikosha and Eckstein emphasise that systems integration is an important trend because mining companies are using separate systems for individual mining functions, such
as planning,
production, logistics, management reporting and accounting.
One factor in the poor industrial
production figures for October was high car
production in the previous months
as automakers canceled
planned summer holiday shutdowns at
production sites, Koch said.
According to Ukwazi mining lawyer Spencer Eckstein, mine
planning is a critical function for any operation,
as it identifies mining risk, determines requirements and forecasts
production cost, including whether mining companies can meet their set targets or produce the correct quantities and qualities and what remedial strategies to implement.
There are two principal types of socialism: «full socialism» in which the state owns all (or the vast majority) of business and industry and controls
production and marketing decisions through central
planning; and «partial socialism», in which the state owns major businesses deemed to be essential to the national good, and / or subsidizes certain industries to save them from the impact of competition, and provides certain goods and services deemed to be essential at reduced or no cost, but still allows major sectors of the economy to operate
as free enterprise capitalism.
The life process of society, which is based on the process of material
production, does not strip off its mystical veil until it is treated
as production by freely associated men, and is consciously regulated by them in accordance with a settled
plan.16
If corporations profit from what people decide to buy, and if they adjust their
production and advertising policies according to buyers «preferences and the interests of stockholders, then they also are amenable to what the public refuses to buy or what their stockholders establish
as policy, and should be expected to adjust their
production and advertising
plans to take into account buyer and stockholder preferences.
The media serves the corporate powers
as a techno - structure to carry out the total
planning strategy of profit - maximization by controlling marketing
as well
as production.
As is clear even in outline, Camus's
plan was to face the existential abyss and pursue what might still be won for human life even where reason (which is to say,
productions like the large continental philosophical constructs of French and German rationalism) and God were no longer available.
Beyond supply chain distribution capabilities, SYSPRO provides deep functionality for manufacturers, including managing inventory levels to optimize the competing demands of availability versus cost, defining bills of materials, calculating lead and elapsed times
as well
as order quantities,
planning and scheduling of
production, material requirements and capacity
planning, managing work - in - progress, integrating with CAD and shop - floor data collection systems and cost control and tracking.
«We run our business with an enterprise resource system and rely heavily on our vendors to support our
production requirements
as well
as planning labor internally,» Kearins says.
They
plan to expand their operation
as demand calls for more
production.
As Director of Agricultural Services Dave oversees programs and Staff that work directly with farmers to aid in
production, marketing, business
planning and food safety challenges.
Cargill has announced
plans to invest $ 20m in two cocoa and chocolate
production facilities in Germany
as it looks to boost its presence domestically and in Eastern Europe.
The cheese
production line expansion at Falkenberg in southeast Sweden was announced in June 2003
as part of the centralisation
plan.
gives you the skills and knowledge needed
as a manager to
plan and execute quality control, create a product range to meet different preferences, calculate
production costs and ensure efficient
production.