Sentences with phrase «control over the chain»

This would give them a sort of editorial control over the chain.

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The company's $ 150 million settlement agreement was the largest and most severe of its kind involving a drug wholesaler, or any member of the pharmaceutical supply chain over violations of the Controlled Substances Act.

Mexican cartels control the supply chain connecting the Andes and Mexico to areas in the US, and as such control the wholesale market, but their influence over retail sales appears limited.

A combination of Apple's control over the supply chain and a shortage of parts means Android - based smartphone makers, like Samsung, LG, and Google, might need to wait until 2019 to deliver a true Face ID competitor, Reuters is reporting after discussing the matter with parts suppliers.

Having a control over your inventory as it moves down the supply chain is a dream for every logistics supervisor.

Over 60 percent of individuals in a recent survey said they lost their chain of thought because they read and replied to an email, while more than 50 percent of people who check emails and social media when trying to work indicated a lack of impulse control.

Other broadcasters would be lucky to have control over only a few parts of that chain.

Under a logic of «public - private partnership», the companies participating in Grow are fostering close ties with governments in order to increase their control over markets and supply chains.

By maintaining control of its supply chain through vertical integration, Tripper has plenty of benefits over the competition beyond traceability and transparency.

Through the deal, SiccaDania gains control over important value chain elements such as manufacturing and installation of the solutions supplied to its customers.

OnDemand aggregates data from a restaurant's supply chain partners to provide management with unparalleled levels of insight, transparency and control over their food supply chain.

PACK EXPO East will feature over 400 suppliers of advance packaging equipment, automation, robotics and controls, materials, containers, printing and labeling technologies and other supply chain solutions.

Having control over the goat herd milk supply was a big plus for the company in managing its supply chain.

Kerry operates three state - of - the - art dairy manufacturing facilities in Ireland, where over one billion litres, or 20 % of the total Irish milk pool, are processed annually via a unique, fully controlled supply chain.

Because the power relationships that exist in food chains are so central to global hunger — over two - thirds of those who are hungry today produce food — centralized control over key agricultural functions must be dismantled.79 In the Brazilian soybean market, 200,000 farmers attempt to sell to five main commodity traders.

Scicchitano did not think there was enough control over inventory and purchasing, so he began to explore supply chain software.

With a continuous milk supply from their 3,200 dairy farmer members and control over a vast supply chain, Land O'Lakes, Inc. ensures a consistent, quality supply of dairy ingredients for its customers.

ALBANY — The State Legislature has adjourned for the year without coming to an agreement on mayoral control of New York City's schools, leaving a looming question mark over the chain of command for the nation's largest public school system and its 1.1 million students.

Miliband, speaking at Jaguar Land Rover in Wolverhampton, also offered employers more control over how the government spends the near - # 1bn - a-year apprenticeship budget, in return for guaranteeing more high - quality training places in their sectors and supply chains.

The GMD stated that the NUPENG's threat could compound the current hiccups in the supply chain over which concerted efforts are being made to bring it under control.

Synthesized from a combination of modified versions of the amino acid glycine, the new film is flexible, allows greater control over desired interactions through introduction of specific side chains, and is far more thermally and chemically stable than those assembled from natural polypeptides or lipids.

By simply switching the light on or off, they were able to realize different compositions along the polymer chain, allowing precision control over physical properties and material function.

Dining out is a wonderful occasional treat, but many chain restaurants simply heat up packaged food in the back and put it on a plate, so they really don't have a lot of control over ingredients.

What we have control over is not pulling that damn chain type.

The resistant starch found in the baobab fruit and the short chain fatty acids it yields has been shown in research studies to favorably change the composition of friendly versus pathogenic microorganisms in the gut, slow glucose absorption to help control blood sugar levels by reducing insulin resistance, increase satiety and weight loss, reduce inflammatory allergic responses and improve immune system functioning (over 60 % of the immune system is located in or around the digestive system).

The chain of surgical staples anchoring a plate against his skull makes him look like Frankenstein, one of his buddies later jokes, but Brady's greater concern is the occasional loss of control over his right hand.

New in - depth gameplay mechanics — Check Cassic gameplay for those that prefer it — Check Motion control gameplay for those that prefer that — Check Story mode — Yep Online multiplayer — * nods * Diverse courts — * smiles * Sizable roster that is going to keep growing over time — * points finger * nice Chain Chomp playable — WUT

It also supports over the counter sales, allows either caterers and schools to justifiably claim that the containers they sell can be recovered for recycling after - use, and also carries numerous other benefits; such as improved janitor utilisation (so less time's spent on litter control / cleaning), reduction in skip use as materials are removed separately for recycling and / or are stored in a compacted form, and reduction of carbon emissions within the recovery chain.

If you agree with Rhee then you want parents to lose control of their schools and you support passing them over to profit making charter chains.

This from the Democratic governor whose «Commissioner's Network» program has undermined local control, handed public schools over to the disgraced Jumoke / FUSE charter school chain in Hartford and Bridgeport and devastated a number of urban schools by implementing a «money follows the child» system that has left troubled schools without the resources they need to even serve the students that have remained in those schools.

Apple wanted to keep the price of iTunes music low in order to stimulate the market, and because it hoped that low prices and control over the content supply chain would drive sales of iPods and other devices.

In a similar way, Amazon jump - started the ebook market with the Kindle and wanted to keep prices low in order to stimulate the market — and to gain and keep control over as much of the supply chain as possible so that it could drive sales of Kindles and related devices.

It can't maintain a huge chain losing money left and right at the ridiculously high rents that have been spiraling out of control all over the City for years now.

Further, publishing houses are using mechanisms such as the agency model to retain control over pricing and to prevent e-retailers from having a dominant position in the value chain.

Now, as the gates of the internet are harder to hold (there being billions) than the gates to a handful of retail book - chains that the traditional publishers maintained their monopolistic control over, I for one think that if Amazon gets too greedy, competition will come and eat them.

A few years ago, the company acquired its bottlers as a way of gaining more control over its distribution chain.

My study of dog bite - related fatalities occurring over the past five decades has identified the poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of regular, positive human interaction, often for negative functions (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.

«10 Delise, based upon her study of fatal attacks over the past five decades, has identified  poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of the household for purposes other than as family pets (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter resident dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.4

Having control over CO2 is having control over the economy, the food chain and... life.

Distrust in biotech firms in particular — and in corporations in general — led to ideas about firms gambling with «bio-security» in order to increase their control over the food chain.

As a manufacturer, the company can exercise a high degree of control over carbon emissions from its own operations (scope 1 and 2 emissions); however, it relies on the energy - and emissions - intensive dairy industry for a large part of its supply chain.

Companies such as Apple are vertically integrated because remaining so gives them control over the entire value chain, from research to product development all the way to marketing and retail sales.

In that sense, several trends converge to paint a picture of greater buyer control over the supply chain: the growing role of procurement in legal buy, the material shift of work away from firms to in - house, new approaches to disaggregation across traditional and alternative service providers, and increasing in - house oversight of budgeting, reporting, billing, and matter management.

They designed their own motor, controller and battery technology and make more of their own parts than most other auto manufacturers, giving them much better control over their supply chain and quality.

Identity data is stored in an off - chain, encrypted data store that the user has full control over.»

Even so, as the security researcher highlights, we've seen several hotel chains and similar install smart speakers in their rooms for voice control over streaming music and other features.

Not only does it give Apple more control over the supply chain, but if it does the job right, it should mean better products and higher profit margins for Apple.

Strategic Logistics & Supply Chain Manager with over 25 years of Demonstrated knowledge and Results - oriented leadership in the areas of Project Management Category and Supplier Management Financial Management Multiple Budget Management Quality & Efficiency Control Supply Chain Management and Inventory Management Distribution Management Competitive Contract Negotiations and Cost Reduction & Revenue Gain.

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