There are many challenges facing us, such as offshore manufacturing with
lower labor costs and pricing.
One district might be in an area
with low labor costs, which would make scratch - cooking more feasible, while another might have to pay top dollar for labor.
Our lowest skill workers already have a relatively
low labor force participation rate and high unemployment even six years into the economic recovery.
Meanwhile, business owners still profit more
from lower labor costs than they lose from either lower sales or less robust productivity gains.
We have also been focusing on building recently to make some money that will later be deployed to long - term projects with lower returns and
lower labor components.
Choice of enterprise, choice of market, choice for diversification, choice
for low labor requirement, choice for multiple function.
If you played a key role in developing an automated software solution that
lowered labor requirements by 75 %, that should not be kept a secret.
From assisting with disaster response to chatting with patients, health care volunteers
help lower labor costs and fill in service gaps.
This eliminates a portion of the friction for customers and also helps
companies lower their labor costs, which then turns into savings for customers.
That is always an issue: how to offer healthy,
lower labor intensive foods to children while keeping within the budget constraints.
There are those who look at the high unemployment rates and
low labor force participation of low - skill American workers and current residents and see a labor shortage.
We have also been focusing on building recently to make some money that will later be deployed to long - term projects with lower returns and
lower labor components.
Manufacturing is routinely relocated to take advantage
of lower labor costs in different countries, and competition among suppliers to get a contract from a major athletic shoe brand is high.
With lowering levels of entrepreneurship in the country, chances are that other countries could provide greater competition, often at
lower labor rates, creating increased pressure on U.S. entrepreneurs.
The government acknowledged last year that the slowdown was a result of domestic economic vulnerabilities, such
as low labor productivity, and not just a weak global economy, as it had earlier asserted.
Over the past two years, state legislators across the country have launched an unprecedented series of initiatives aimed
at lowering labor standards Education and parenting articles offer expert tips and information on raising kids.
Because of the size of Germany, and those allied with them in the Eurozone, the Euro is a hard currency, harder than many cultures / nations with
lower labor productivity would like.
Although Dragon Legal is more expensive, its added features could translate
into lower labor overhead for a firm.
Automated, streamlined dictation and word processing could translate into
lower labor overhead for a firm.
Cyclical names and companies with
relatively low labor costs may be some of the best bets, according to Goldman's David Kostin.
Some astute investors (such as Hussman and GMO) have argued in essence that the combination of record government deficit spending and unemployment levels has propped up corporate revenues
while lowering labor costs, thereby boosting corporate profit margins by as much as 70 percent above historical averages.
It is easy to see why a manufacturing firm in Chicago can not increase prices if it has to compete with firms in Mexico, China, India and other countries with
dramatically lower labor costs.
«Our foreign competitors are using the same innovations in technology with, in some cases,
significantly lower labor costs to undercut U.S. dominance,» the report says.
And globalization certainly has its benefits for U.S. companies —
chiefly lower labor costs and greater market access.
Substantially lower labor costs have enabled the company to produce cheaper cameras and counter the Japanese in most foreign markets.
Second, the small size of a typical Wingstop at 1,700 square feet and a singular focus on serving up bold, crispy wings made from fryers
means low labor costs, and the potential for juicy profits.
This trend has been accelerating over the last two decades, leading to almost nomadic companies that move their factories from the US to China, then to Thailand, to Vietnam, etc., seeking
ever lower labor costs.
Nurse - midwives demonstrated with a high grade level of evidence a lower rate of cesarean sections, lower apgar scores,
lower labor augmentation, lower episotomy rates, equivalent low birthrates, lower vaginal operative deliveries, less use of labor analgesia and epidurals, and lower rates of third - and fourth - degree perineal lacerations.
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As an example, a new asset is purchased and undepreciated, usually a new asset has cost saving benefits (
ie lower labor costs, higher efficiency, etc).
Thanks to unusually high debt levels and
unusually low labor compensation in recent years, the earnings peak in 2007 was based on profit margins that were about 50 % above the historical average, and which have now collapsed.
The upside
of lower labor costs in emerging markets is that sooner or later you'll push up wages in those factories (though never enough to give the UAW or IG Metall an advantage) and sell more of your cars and trucks (at deep employee discounts) to your own line workers.
The company said that building factories in the United States was less economically challenging due to high levels of automation — measured
as lower labor costs per watt — in its future Series 6 factories.
A black baby boy born 25 years ago, for example, has only a roughly 1 in 2 chance of being employed today, as roughly half are missing from employment because of early death, incarceration,
low labor force participation, and high unemployment.
Cyclical names and companies with
relatively low labor costs may be some of the best bets, according to Kostin.
As Japanese rivals grabbed business away from them, U.S. electronics companies moved production to countries
with lower labor costs.
Because of
lower labor costs, however, a good 5.5 hull built overseas, especially in Scandinavia, can be delivered in the U.S. for only $ 10,000.
Under pressure to deliver on campaign promises to revive U.S. industrial jobs, Trump has warned of a 35 % tax on vehicles imported from Mexico where many automakers have taken advantage of the country's
lower labor costs.
My father noticed there was an enthusiastic employee behind the counter running the kiosk which equated to
low labor and a simple process that could quickly deliver a product (indicating low inventory requirements).
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Low labor cost firms will continue to outperform as wages rise.»
The majority of the best cities were located in the Midwest and east of the U.S. Carbondale, Illinois, came in second and also has
the lowest labor costs with a median annual income of $ 17,764.
Cities across the Midwest made the list of best places overall for starting a business, and several ranked high in categories including cheapest office space and
lowest labor costs.
«Firms with
low labor costs should be most insulated.»
«Firms with
low labor costs should be most insulated from accelerating wages, a trend that our economists expect will persist in 2018.»