Sentences with phrase «by lower operating costs»

Together, the two are aiming to help what Pritzker identified as an «underserved» industry, by lowering operating costs and increasing distribution for these smaller companies creating products.

Not exact matches

Costs back then were still low by today's standards, but the integrated mining operations were seeing operating costs of $ 12 - 18 / bbl and new projects needed $ U.S. oil prices of $ 20 - $ 30 to generate reasonable rates of reCosts back then were still low by today's standards, but the integrated mining operations were seeing operating costs of $ 12 - 18 / bbl and new projects needed $ U.S. oil prices of $ 20 - $ 30 to generate reasonable rates of recosts of $ 12 - 18 / bbl and new projects needed $ U.S. oil prices of $ 20 - $ 30 to generate reasonable rates of return.

These impacts were partially offset by earnings on operating revenue growth in CPG / Retail and Technology / Healthcare and lower insurance costs.

The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.

Water Corporation of Western Australia has reduced its water losses from leaks and overflows by 11 per cent in the 2012 - 13 financial year and recorded the lowest operating costs of the major water utilities nationwide.

To that end, the company is aiming to acquire troubled e-commerce companies and keep operating costs low by sharing resources.

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.

The Chinese company said its gross margins were impacted by lower ASPs and rising material costs, while the decline in net and operating profits was due to higher operating expenses.

Within program expenses, major transfers to persons were up $ 1.1 billion, primarily due to higher old age security payments, reflecting an increase in the number of recipients and higher inflation, as benefits are indexed to quarterly changes in the consumer price index, major transfers to other levels of government were up $ 0.6 billion, reflecting legislative increases; while direct program expenses declined by $ 0.2 billion, as lower «other transfer» payments more than offset increases in departmental / agency operating costs.

Half of this impact on the deficit outcome was offset by lower expenses, with virtually all of it due to lower direct program expenses — other transfers and departmental and agency operating costs.

The reductions are part of a corporate restructuring that the company said will lower operating costs by about $ 1.5 billion annually once implemented.

Using hands - on management techniques combined with experienced property managers, we are able to improve investment results by increasing revenues and lowering operating costs through efficient management systems.

Segment operating earnings declined from a loss of $ 3 million to a loss of $ 11 million, reflecting a lower gross margin percentage driven primarily by an increase in supply chain costs as well as higher carrot costs.

It has the potential to improve operating costs and accrue by - product credits, with a much lower energy footprint than conventional lithium extraction processes.

ETFs are less expensive than mutual funds as they operate at a much lower Total Expense Ratio (TER), typically 0.5 % — 0.75 % because most ETFs are not actively managed and because ETFs are insulated from the costs incurred by unit trusts of having to buy and sell securities to accommodate shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Such a collaborative solution also lowers PBM's operating costs by 40 % leading to lower administrative fees, reduced drug unit costs, and increased rebate income to plan sponsors.

Trucking costs and the impact on the environment have been lowered by using biodiesel fuel, which allows the engines to operate more efficiently.

Pulling weeds by hand instead of using chemical weed killers is more labor - intensive in the first year or two — but it is better for soil health and can lower a farmer's greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs.

By getting bigger they can lower operating costs, helping them to free up cash to pay farmers for milk, which should in turn stimulate the dairy industry.

By providing goods and services in a way that allows us to operate efficiently, and enables us to be a lowest total cost supplier, together we can realise our vision of being a lean and agile organisation.

By automating the process and reducing labor costs, they have lowered the cost of operating a restaurant, making it financially practical to purchase higher quality ingredients for meals.

We enable our clients to realize significant ROI by lowering operating and insurance costs, while achieving greater efficiency and compliance.

The Chicago Park District was criticized Tuesday for having much higher operating costs than park systems in other major American cities, but it also won praise for its plans to lower its tax levy by $ 3.7 million in 1986.

Remaining facilities will be scaled back to the bare minimum or reorganized to operate at a lower cost by downgrading positions, shifting some jobs from full - time to part - time and introducing a new, para-professional job title that could perform certain tasks at less expense than other titles.

Manufactured in bulk, low - cost Sprites could be deployed and networked by the hundreds or thousands to create space - based sensor arrays of unprecedented breadth, with each craft so lightweight that it could operate without propellant, shifting or maintaining its orbit solely through the radiation pressure of starlight or the forces imparted by a planet's magnetic field.

For example, one of the chief applications envisioned by Lipomi is a low cost «solar tarp» that can be folded up for packaging and stretched back out to supply low cost energy to rural villages, disaster relief operations and the military operating in remote locations.

Highly turbocharged alcohol - fueled direct - injection spark - ignition (DISI) engines operated at a high compression ratio could be as or more efficient than diesel engines while also providing advantages of lower vehicle cost, lower emissions and higher power, according to a recent modeling study by Leslie Bromberg and Daniel Cohn at MIT.

He is a member of the survey team for the low - cost Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT) system that consists of a pair of robotic telescopes designed to find exoplanets around bright stars operated by astronomers at Ohio State University, Vanderbilt University, Lehigh University and the South African Astronomical Observatory.

Basically, schools are funded by the state on the low end cost of what a «C» or «Successful» district costs to operate.

With a bid that cost less than half of the next lowest bidder, Safe Havens was selected by competitive bid process to assist the district in training an internal team to conduct annual school safety, security and emergency preparedness assessments for the 1,700 school facilities it operates in 2009.

The BEST ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AWARD distinguishes the vehicle in each class to hold claim to the lowest cost of ownership when considering purchase and operating costs across the first 6.5 years of vehicle ownership (87,594 vehicle miles traveled, the average distance traveled by the vehicle's first buyer).

Online - only banks have much lower operating costs than traditional banks, which maintain large networks of physical locations staffed by thousands of employees.

They may also have flights operated by low - cost carriers that don't service your preferred airport.

One online brokerage in particular, however, stands out from its peers in the way in which it has built up its business by betting big on technology and automation to lower its operating costs (thereby passing along savings to clients).

The money the direct lenders save by operating a low - cost business helps keep their fees affordable.

The lowest APR cash advance loans are funded by remote direct lenders who don't have to pay large overhead costs to operate a business.

He relates Michael Porter's two sources of competitive advantage — differentiation and low - cost production — to ROIC by breaking ROIC into its two prime components, net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) margin and invested capital turnover (NOPAT margin equals NOPAT / sales, and invested capital turnover equals sales / invested capital.

BBL prides itself on operating large, long - life, low - cost, expendable, upstream assets diversified by commodity, geography, and market.

By using an interactive website and electronic communications to gather information, and by using standardized model portfolios, online investment advisers will have lower operating costs per client than most traditional portfolio managerBy using an interactive website and electronic communications to gather information, and by using standardized model portfolios, online investment advisers will have lower operating costs per client than most traditional portfolio managerby using standardized model portfolios, online investment advisers will have lower operating costs per client than most traditional portfolio managers.

Additionally shelters that respond to homeless animals are generally operated by municipalities at taxpayer expense; spay / neuter programs that prevent unwanted litters usually are not; these services are opened by nonprofit organizations one at a time, and due to local costs (rent, etc.), some must charge rates that are out of range for many low - income homes to pay.

In addition to providing high quality, low cost spay and neuter services they also offer full service veterinary care by appointment Monday through Friday, hold Vaccination / Wellness Clinics the 1st Sunday of each month, and operate mobile programs in various counties around the state.

A PARTIAL solution to the biweekly killings of animals at the Orange County Humane Society and Orange County Animal Control would be to operate a low - cost spaying and neutering clinic in the animal control building, which is funded by taxes.

Two long - running, low - cost spay / neuter clinics operated by the Animal Coalition of Tampa and the Humane Society of Tampa Bay have neutered more than 95,000 cats — companion, stray and feral — since they were established in 2005.

The clinic is owned and operated by The Cat Network, Inc., a 501 (c) 3 Florida not - for - profit corporation dedicated to humanely reducing cat overpopulation by educating the public about the need to sterilize their pets and strays; providing access to low - cost spay & neuter services for cats; helping members in their efforts to place adoptable cats in loving homes; and advocating non-lethal population control and humane public policy.

As part of the new effort, the Eagles will donate $ 50,000 each to the Humane Society of the United States» anti-dogfighting program, a low cost spay and neuter facility operated by the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society, and the Berks County Humane Society in support of its new mobile veterinary clinic.

Spaying or neutering is not required for reclaimed pets, although the Humane Society encourages responsible sterilization of pets and operates a low cost spay and neuter clinic by appointment.

By providing a targeted, high - quality, low - cost spay / neuter program operated by a skilled, dedicated & compassionate staff, we will help end the killing of healthy, adoptable and lovable cats & dogBy providing a targeted, high - quality, low - cost spay / neuter program operated by a skilled, dedicated & compassionate staff, we will help end the killing of healthy, adoptable and lovable cats & dogby a skilled, dedicated & compassionate staff, we will help end the killing of healthy, adoptable and lovable cats & dogs.

To carry out our humane commitment to the animals of Benton County by operating an open - door shelter and caring for homeless animals; providing education and enrichment programs to promote healthy human - animal bonds; offering access to low - cost services to those in need, with an emphasis on population control; developing progressive outreach programs; setting a high standard of animal care and husbandry; supporting opportunities for clinical education; and enhancing our funding resources to continue expanding these efforts.

Also aiding and abetting the growing numbers of domestic travellers are the vast improvements in the quality of Thailand's road system, low - season marketing campaigns by the hotels and the increasing number of low - cost airlines operating in the country.

Passengers flying in Norwegian's Premium cabin on its award - winning low - cost flights from the Bay Area will benefit from complimentary access to the new Escape Lounge operated by Manchester Airports Group USA.