Sentences with phrase «infrastructure costs such»

Most traditional outplacement firms spend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually on infrastructure costs such as office space, computers, and phone lines and pass those costs on to you.

There could be upfront infrastructure costs such as the adoption of central clearing and reporting systems.

Not exact matches

Owning two active mines so close to each other has created some tidy efficiencies for Dominion, including better return on the not - insubstantial infrastructure and logistics costs of operating in such a remote region.

For example, in the construction and infrastructure sector, companies were already highly leveraged and have been affected by issues such as project delays and cost escalations, he said.

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.

Its products — IT gear that automates the management of IP addresses for corporate networks — tie into corporate Internet infrastructures, including cost - saving technologies such as voice - over-IP telephone systems.

Such optimism must somehow reconcile with all the forces conspiring against Canadian oil: the lack of pipeline infrastructure or «takeaway» capacity, the occasionally gaping price discount applied to Western Canada Select, the renaissance in oil production unfolding in the U.S., rising Canadian production costs and the flight of investor money out of commodities.

Protecting major transfers to persons, spending on health and education and other spending such as that for Aboriginal programs, research and development, and assuming you won't revisit defense and international assistance, then to find an additional $ 8 to $ 11 billion by 2015 - 16 would require major cuts in labor market programs, spending on the homeless, infrastructure programs, and last, but certainly not least, government personnel costs.

For Graseck, the key question is: «Will the benefits exceed the costs and risks of implementation, particularly relative to simpler alternatives, such as updating legacy infrastructure?»

Blockchain technology can cut out the substantial intermediary costs, security risks, and record keeping infrastructure traditionally associated with such applications resulting in reduced cost, fewer time delays and less human error.

Add consumer - facing capabilities to existing infrastructure, such as provider search, appointment scheduling, and the ability to compare prescription drug costs.

While the benefits — such as lower upfront costs, reduced management requirements, on - demand scaling — are widely understood, managing, optimizing and securing cloud infrastructure is a different story.

China has overinvested in infrastructure and manufacturing capacity to such an extent that in the aggregate the cost of additional public sector investment exceeds the present value of future increases in productivity generated by the investment.

Actual costs that may have been incurred if we had been a standalone company would depend on a number of factors, including the chosen organizational structure, what functions were outsourced or performed by employees and strategic decisions made in areas such as information technology and infrastructure.

This research area covers the evaluation of the costs and benefits of capital projects of Canadian governments, such as roads, ports or public utilities, of financing modes for such projects, such as public - private partnerships, and the contribution of public infrastructure to economic growth.

Investments in infrastructure - related securities involve special risks, such as high interest costs, high leverage and increased susceptibility to adverse economic or regulatory developments affecting the sector.

Such gaps tend to narrow for a number of reasons, including higher marginal productivity on cheaper labor and land costs in lower - tier cities, better economic integration with government - led redistribution of infrastructure and public resources from regional hubs to small neighbor cities, and broader penetration of technology, including smartphones and the internet, according to the Morgan Stanley research.

We are so grateful to have such strong leaders as Assemblymen Tedisco and McLaughlin who recognize the precarious state of our aging underground and forgotten infrastructure, and who understand how we can incorporate cost effective, new technologies — such as UV cured - in - place pipe lining — to provide New Yorkers with safe solutions to what is possibly the greatest challenge to our life - sustaining underground infrastructure that we have seen in generations,» said Mara Killburn, Managing Member, Precision Trenchless.

Andreassen wants to take a close look at the cost of infrastructure for the town, such as the costs of operating Cantine Park, the water and sewer department.

«There will be pressure to change venues and infrastructure; the delivery bodies must be quite clear about the costs of any such changes and their consequences for the programme,» Mr Leigh said.

«These increased borrowing costs will result in less infrastructure investment or will be borne by taxpayers, ratepayers and other users of such critical infrastructure,» DiNapoli wrote in the letter, sent to Sens. Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.

The cost of the damaged exceeded $ 49 million, triggering FEMA's public assistance program that provides reimbursement for municipalities following a disaster, helping pay for debris removal, emergency measures such as road clearance and repair as well as the rebuilding of damaged infrastructure.

The state needs to make a formal request, roughly itemizing costs such as rebuilding transportation infrastructure and homes, and paying for local police and fire overtime.

In the United States, such interlopers — everything from zebra mussels in the Great Lakes to Burmese pythons in the Everglades — damage crops, infrastructure or otherwise cost taxpayers about $ 145 billion annually.

We need to increase the levels of spending on basic science, creating new knowledge, and make certain that the money is maximized, both in the direct costs of funding research and the indirect costs of the infrastructure, such as buildings and equipment.

By contrast, in an industrial setting the focus is more directly on research, with much less focus on infrastructure issues, such as securing lab space, administrative support, and the funding of material costs.

In addition to supporting adaptation efforts through its pipeline of infrastructure projects (which will average $ 1.1 billion per annum over the next three years), the Bank is providing (in countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, Djibouti, and Yemen) knowledge and technical expertise for better analyzing likely impacts of climate change, and for designing least - cost adaptation interventions to minimize such impacts.

«However, there's often a more critical driver, such as their existing systems aren't working well enough, technology is too slow or failing during lessons, infrastructure isn't supporting new apps and software, the cost of in - house IT support is too high or they've had a change of senior leadership who has brought in new ideas.»

Add on to this the extra cost of any support contacts you have with third parties, such as your infrastructure or wireless, and any consultants you might use occasionally for that expert opinion, and your IT budget could easily be at least # 26,000 overspent.

Add on to this the extra cost of any support contacts you have with third parties, such as your infrastructure -LSB-...]

Owl Ventures» Patel calls them catalytic factors: more powerful broadband infrastructure in schools, widespread use of low - cost devices, along with schools actively seeking ways to personalize learning and those closest to students such as teachers and principals, having great voice in choosing the tools they want to use.

A consolidated IT infrastructure has the benefit of delivering to the end users improved, more consistent and more highly secured IT services at a total cost of ownership (TCO) that is equal - to or less than the current cost of provisioning such services.

This ensures that librarians are able to compare usage statistics from different vendors; derive useful metrics such as cost - per - use; make better - informed purchasing decisions; and plan infrastructure more effectively.

Ongoing cash flow and its sustainability is an important indicator of an infrastructure entity's ability to meet commitments, such as development costs or paying distributions to you.

Its services include the following applications, including management applications, such as project management, IT Cost Management and IT governance services; operational applications, including incident management, problem management, change management, release management, service catalog and request management and software development lifecycle management; and infrastructure applications, including configuration management, discovery, asset management and orchestration.

concerned citizen, # 20, every energy source has external costs, such as pollution, infrastructure requirements, carbon footprint (both construction and operation), payments to hostile nations (foreign oil) and rent - seeking opportunities for corporations and politicians.

Corruption in China is concentrated in those sectors with extensive state involvement, such as infrastructure projects and government procurement: «To estimate roughly the direct costs of corruption, we can suppose that 10 per cent of government spending, contracts and transactions, is used as kickbacks and bribes or is simply stolen».

And the cost of such investments is small compared to the cost in lives and lost infrastructure after the fact.

This governmental report from Japan in 2009 estimates a US$ 515 billion cost for Japan over a 10 year period (i.e. $ 51 Billion per year with ongoing costs after that) this includes the cost of the infrastructure needed — such as the building of solar power and insulation — which would continue to provide benefit after the ten year period.

The estimated benefits do not include a significant number of ancillary and un ‐ quantified benefits, such as the reduction of co ‐ pollutants (particularly sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide), the prevention of species extinction, and lower maintenance costs for energy infrastructure.

-- There is no such thing as avoided infrastructure costs involved in green schemes, because they have required government subsidies that hide the real costs of such projects.

This perception has spread because the majority of compressed natural gas vehicles sold to date have been relegated to fleets, such as buses and delivery vehicles, where municipal governments and large corporations can take advantage of central fueling stations to reduce infrastructure costs.

Given mature distribution technology and infrastructure for storage and transportation of both those energy storage mediums, investment in such power generating technology, arguably the cheapest high - efficiency type available, offers the lowest probability of near - term (or any) sunk costs.

With the late - summer ice edge located farther north than it used to be, storms produce larger waves and more coastal erosion.5 An additional contributing factor is that coastal bluffs that were «cemented» by ice - rich permafrost are beginning to thaw in response to warmer air and ocean waters, and are therefore more vulnerable to erosion.22 Standard defensive adaptation strategies to protect coastal communities from erosion, such as use of rock walls, sandbags, and riprap, have been largely unsuccessful.23 Several coastal communities are seeking to relocate to escape erosion that threatens infrastructure and services but, because of high costs and policy constraints on use of federal funds for community relocation, only one Alaskan village has begun to relocate (see also Ch.

Global Warming floods and droughts crops, increases insect and fungal growth, increases the spread of said non-indigenous vermin, alters the range of crops to where geology and infrastructure (such as irrigation and farms) is not favourable (north of the Southern Manitoba bread - basket is boreal forest too acidic for crops and north even further is only accessible by winter roads)...... these problems are potentially solvable, but certainly as soon as Chinese Himalayan meltwater dries up, or as soon as a Monsoon season fails because of Global Warming, the next decade of cost savings by following the Republican / Conservative geoengineering «plan»... such preventable events in the midst of an economic golden age will be looked on by future generations as evil.

It will also explore cost - effective ways to build such infrastructure and equipment, and determine whether utility tariff changes will be needed in addition to those already being considered for residential customers.

I would be rather interested in the costs of methane to liquid fuels (such as the plant in Qatar), LNG for transphort (with infrastructure costs) and combined methane / coal to liquids.

This doesn't include the cost of building transformers, of creating such infrastructure in Morocco specifically, or how the prices associated with building such a system would spike if it was actually being built.

We scrutinize the use of public funds and urge the adoption of cost - effective, climate - smart water strategies, such as boosting water efficiency and building more green infrastructure, like green roofs and street plantings, to absorb rain where it falls.

But once the infrastructure is ready, the cost of driving such a $ 12,000 car will be less than 8 cents per mile (5 cents per mile for the cost battery, and 2 to 3 cents for electricity).