Not exact matches
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A major European dairy cooperative says that currency swings caused
by Brexit are among the reasons it has to
cut costs by over 400 million euros over the next three years.
Not only does it give employees more accessibility
by having important information with them at all times, but it allows companies to
cut on
costs that would otherwise accrue.
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.
GE, a leader in 3D - printed aircraft engine parts, said it had produced 50 % of the parts needed for a helicopter engine, slashing the number of parts required from 900 to just 16, reducing the weight
by around 60 % and
cutting the related
costs by 40 %.
Corporate wellness programs are supposed to help
cut employers» healthcare
costs by gently nudging employees to improve their own health.
Getting rid of its own fleet will help Google
cut costs as it makes money
by taking a small commission of total purchase prices.
You can
cut costs by doing preliminary research yourself, but before setting up any benefits plan, consult a lawyer or a benefits consultant.
You can
cut costs even further
by making your own detergent, using cold water for most washes and hang - drying clothes, he adds.
She
cut her housing
costs by going back home to live with her parents in Sherborn, Massachusetts, for six months, and then accepted a fellowship with the Kauffman Foundation, which included housing in Kansas City, Missouri, and a small stipend.
Ford beat analyst expectations on Wednesday, driven in part
by cost cuts and lower taxes.
A global survey
by PricewaterhouseCoopers finds Canada's CEOs preoccupied with
cost -
cutting and data security
An accomplishment resume, on the other hand, emphasizes accomplishments and results, such as «
Cut costs by 50 percent» or «Met quota every month.»
While complete automation will be challenging, as recruits do need to be examined
by authoritative figures within your company, the help with this initial screening process will most likely significantly
cut labor
costs.
With the relentless pressure to
cut federal spending, digital solutions like telemedicine — which expands access to care and reduces
costs by up to 90 % — will become a key part of that equation.»
It
cut her advertising
costs by two - thirds, she says.
One team came up with a system to
cut costs by eliminating unnecessary paperwork.
Philips Lighting, the world's largest maker of lights, reported better - than - expected core fourth - quarter earnings on Friday, underpinned
by cost -
cutting and lower research and development expenses.
Zappos also
cuts shipping
costs and improves its on - time delivery
by encouraging customers to use UPS MyChoice, Trac says.
Cut the
cost of health - care premiums
by buying insurance online at HealthCare.gov to qualify for a tax credit worth thousands of dollars.
More than half the
cost will be offset
by Price's pay
cut.
Last year, she
cut those
costs by using credit card reward points and frequent flyer miles to book flights, hotels and rental cars.
It said the planned restructuring measures involve job
cuts and closing or integrating manufacturing bases, and would lower annual
costs by 50 billion yen from the year ending March 2020.
A recent study
by Accenture discovered that going digital has helped improve mining operations
by up to 47 percent,
cutting costs and speeding up decision - making.
The company says job
cuts will help it halve its operating
costs by June 1, 2014.
Citigroup
cut Chief Executive Michael Corbat's pay
by about 10 % in 2014, a year in which the bank's profit nearly halved due to higher legal
costs and a slump in bond trading.
By cutting your production costs by 30
By cutting your production
costs by 30
by 30 %.
Apple doesn't appear to own the patents to make its own mobile modem chips, an area in which it has increasingly been shifting from Qualcomm (qcom) to chips made
by Intel in an effort to
cut costs.
The same experts found that widespread vegetarianism could
cut environmental
costs by $ 35 billion, as meat's role in exacerbating climate change, as well as its contribution to soil erosion, water pollution, deforestation, and biodiversity loss, is well documented.
The insurers will launch the new program this summer, along with Quest Diagnostics and health insurance consultants at Multiplan, to see whether they can
cut costs by sharing data and reduce the administrative burden of keeping lists accurate.
It's part of a push
by healthcare companies to both
cut costs and gain more control over the patients in need of their services.
Cost -
cutting has been one of the main policies to overcome such difficult times.The bank has lowered adjusted
costs by 5 percent on a yearly basis.
Cambria Farm supplies Faccenda, the second largest chicken company in the UK, and it employs
cost -
cutting methods that mean a chicken can
cost just # 3, as reported
by The Times.
Yet, SpaceX — the spaceflight company created
by Telsa founder and PayPal co-founder Elon Musk — had imagined a way to drastically
cut the
cost of launching anything into space: simply make the rocket re-usable.
United has been bolstered
by CEO Oscar Munoz, who has
cut costs by increasing the number of planes United leases rather than owns, but its debt - to - capital ratio, at 77 %, leaves some investors spooked.
Molopo Energy's new board, led
by Perth - based chair Samantha Tough, has announced the sale of its major asset and commenced a
cost -
cutting review, following a board shake - up last week.
Since he took over as worldwide managing director in July, he's launched a dozen internal initiatives, ranging from
cost -
cutting measures (at a firm notorious for not taking its own efficiency medicine) to a new focus on marketing (a word that,
by Barton's own account, draws gasps of horror at McKinsey).
«The
cost cutting is real, and it's the right thing to be done, and it's driven
by [Porat],» Schmidt says.
Gergawi said studies estimated the technique could
cut building time
by 50 to 70 percent and labor
costs by 50 to 80 percent.
Since 2006, it has reduced annual
costs by approximately $ 15 billion,
cut its workforce
by 193,000 or 28 per cent, and consolidated more than 200 mail processing locations.
Dubai has opened what it said was the world's first functioning 3 - D - printed office building, part of a drive
by the Gulf's main tourism and business hub to develop technology that
cuts costs and saves time.
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.
Flexible work also impacts overhead
costs and saves companies money
by reducing office space, say both Branson and Hirst, while also
cutting a company's carbon footprint.
We also further
cut costs by going with our favourite DJ, DJ iPod, who played all the music we wanted and in the order that we wanted it.
Instead, analysts heard about prosaic plans like McDonald's new organizational structure (it will lump international markets together
by specific characteristics rather than
by geographic proximity), its intention to sell many more restaurants to franchisees than originally planned, and to
cut costs to the tune of $ 300 million a year.
Last month it announced plans to
cut costs by $ 3 billion in 2017.
By slashing capital
costs as they are (necessarily for financial reasons) doing, they are
cutting production literally years in the future.
The
cost -
cutting comes as Big Food manufacturers have found their legacy brands pressuring
by a consumer trend toward foods and drinks they deem healthier, a trend executives say will only accelerate over time.
Joly has reinvigorated Best Buy in recent years with
cost cuts and
by reinventing stores that showcase specific brands and services.
He added that investors can keep more of their retirement savings
by cutting investment
costs,
by reducing management fees or commissions charged
by financial advisors.
«Those terminated were generally the highest paid in their position,» this person said, suggesting that the firings were driven
by cost -
cutting.