Sentences with phrase «needed system innovation»

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Other in - store tech innovations include cameras that assess skincare needs, RFID systems to make products easier to find, and tablets that allow employees to look up customer profiles when they are assisting someone.

If we want to break past lackluster economic growth rates and make meaningful change in lives and livelihoods, we need to move beyond incremental innovation (think slightly - better iPhones) toward revolutionary innovation (think new energy systems, next - generation electronics, and cures for Cancer and Alzheimer's).

Called Lily, the gadget walked away with one of show's Best of Innovations awards in Unmanned Systems and Accessories for its «throw - and - shoot,» a technology designed to catch video of you without the need for any controls.

«The only way that will happen is if there's a real need — too often we see innovations that are solutions looking for problems and what we really need are solutions that address real problems within the system,» he added.

Studio Y will encourage youth to build the critical capacities needed to tackle 21st century challenges and thrive in the innovation economy, strengthening their systems thinking, design, communication, collaboration, creativity and project management skills.

It will work closely with utilities to identify high - priority, cost - effective opportunities for improved solutions, ensure that the innovation community is addressing the needs of the system, and will support the adoption of standards - based programs like Green Button to drive both domestic and export market opportunities.

There's been so little innovation in workforce management, so this is giving them an opportunirty to allow them to focus on what they need to focus on (employee engagement), and helping manage train and schedule these wortkers, but they can do so by extending their current systems.

How Micro Focus Helps Organizations Build, Operate, and Secure the Systems They Need Today and Create the Innovations That Drive Their Futures

Yes, we have examples of world - class innovation in Canada, from Research in Motion, Bombardier, SNC Lavalin and our banking system, but we need more - more examples and more action.

Since its initial report in 2011, the committee has monitored global progress on food and nutrition security issues and explored three aspects in greater depth — the role of technology and innovation in agriculture, opportunities for advancing nutrition security, and the need for environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable agricultural systems.

Based in California, our mission is to bring you the most delicious, good - for - the - world foods by applying creativity and innovation to nature's bounty, because we believe the world needs a healthier, plant - based food system.

Comprising a brand new high performance vertical packaging system, high - speed multi-head scale and the world's fastest case packer for flexible bags, tna performance 5.0 gives food manufacturers the innovation and efficiency they need -LSB-...]

We need to address issues such as agile regulatory systems, government support for the MTP industry and its businesses, a focus on innovation and commercial viability as well as education and reskilling of the workforce.

We bring you the most delicious, good - for - the - world foods by applying creativity and innovation to nature's bounty, because we believe the world needs a healthier, plant - based food system.

In part because human capital in these high quality sectors is deep and specific, so needs to be used to the full in exporting; in part because there are typically strong positive externalities to training and innovation systems from increased exports; in part because a tight fiscal policy constrains wage demands in the public sector from undermining restraint of export sector unions: these countries, as well as Japan and China for similar reasons, want no constraints on their exports through macroeconomic regulatory rules pressuring them to expand consumer demand.

We will need time, for example, to reform our excessively centralised tax system which stifles local autonomy and innovation.

The judges commented, «The judging panel was impressed by this new innovative» Walkabout» system, which makes use of an existing material to eliminate the need for scaffolding; describing it as an amazingly good innovation.»

The commercial supply chain, which has accomplished incredible innovation and has developed highly efficient systems, could be integrated into medical delivery during a pandemic to provide urgently needed medications.»

«There are many applications that need energy storage devices to work in extreme environments, and there needs to be innovation in the materials systems, particularly electrolytes, to expand the window of operation conditions,» Ajayan said.

To maximise productivity in S&T development, we will need to establish national systems of innovation that incorporate highly motivated scientists, adequately funded and functioning S&T institutions, and organisations and policies that will blend together in a constructive fashion with the aim of meeting common social and economic goals.

The crucial drugs are unlikely to be big moneymakers for companies that develop them, so governments and health agencies need to cooperate to boost the chances that they will be developed in time, notes Marie - Paule Kieny, WHO's assistant director - general for health systems and innovation.

This research is part of IBM's five - year, $ 3 billion investment to push the limits of chip technology and semiconductor innovations needed to meet the emerging demands of cloud computing and Big Data systems.

This Manifesto represents views of individuals working in the European science system on the actions needed to enhance research and innovation by addressing gender equality issues.

We bring you the most delicious, good - for - the - world foods by applying creativity and innovation to nature's bounty, because we believe the world needs a healthier, plant - based food system.

Parliamentary under secretary of state for the school system, Lord Nash, commented: «The 52 new schools will provide much - needed places and encourage innovation, driving up standards and ensuring even more parents have the choice of a good school place for their child.»

If we want charter schools to earn a broad base of popularity, we need to build stronger authorizing systems that enable school leaders to drive innovation while setting clear expectations about outcomes and accountability.

For several years now I have been an unabashed promoter of online learning as a disruptive innovation with the potential to transform our education system from a monolithic one to a student - centric one that personalizes for different student needs.

International research into high performing education systems suggests that systems benefit from a degree of latitude that encourage innovation and creative leadership but that first there needs to be structural maturity.

Hill's paper tackles the other side of the coin of the costs of online learning, as he works through the ideal funding system that would promote innovation but strike the right balance with the need for accountability for public funds.

As more and more school systems across the country explore competency - based education, we need to be attentive to the processes that will actually allow such innovations to thrive.

A healthy marketplace needs both sustaining and disruptive innovations — that is, innovations that improve on the existing education system, and innovations that offer something cheaper and more accessible outside of the performance metrics of the traditional system.

Federal law in postsecondary education must also be a robust source of support for local innovation, research, and implementation of strategies designed to improve teacher and principal effectiveness and include: Evidence - based preparation and professional development; Evidence - based evaluation systems that include, in part, student performance; Alternative certification programs that meet workforce needs; State and school district flexibility regarding credentials for small and / or rural schools, special education programs, English learners and specialized programs such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; and Locally - determined compensation and teacher and principal assignment policies.

The funding disparity between charter and district students is ugly, the system is broken, and if we are going to fuel the next 20 years of charter school innovation and growth, we need to fix it.

We have learned that building schools where these innovations are possible at scale can be incredibly costly and our current systems don't meet the need.

The April 26 symposium helped to unpack key issues in introducing educational innovation in the delivery of professional learning, and the support systems needed by the field to engage in this kind of work purposefully.

With any new innovation to be adopted as part of a system reform effort, teachers need to understand and embrace how the new technology - integrated learning experiences will enhance the existing curriculum.

Supporters contend they're needed to stimulate innovation and correct failures in the current system.

The Early Learning Foundation can help build a system that meets the needs of learners in the age of innovation, technology, information, and lifelong learning.

According to these principles, state accountability systems will: drive school and district performance towards college - and career - readiness; distinguish performance in order to meaningfully target supports to the students most in need; provide timely, transparent data to spur action; and foster innovation and continuous improvement throughout the system.

It is our view that this phenomena provides a new innovation imperative in education, which can be expressed simply: as humans live and work alongside increasingly smart machines, our education systems will need to achieve at levels that none have managed to date.»

Such flexibility can encourage innovation, support system learning, and give much needed fiscal and strategic support to students, teachers, and school districts and their families to support student learning.

The Washington public school system needs more innovation, especially to meet the needs of low - income, high - risk children from communities of color struggling in traditional public schools.

With a single system capturing all development and business processes for re-use, various design and engineering scenarios can be considered along with their associated costs, helping better manage the innovation process while decreasing the time needed to analyze various solutions.

«The SBIR program spurs innovation at the most basic and most important level — in the heart of our communities where innovative solutions are needed most,» said Anne Aylward, Director, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.

The Fusion Hybrid has quite a few other innovations, including a «smart climate control system,» which monitors cabin temperature and only runs the gas engine as needed for heat.

While proprietary systems can lead to rapid and targeted innovation (without the need for messy group consensus that is so often the case with open standards), it does leave a considerable amount of power concentrated in the hands of one or very few parties.

You'll also come across creatures who need to be fed before falling asleep, seesaws that allow you to reach previously inaccessible areas, convoluted switch systems that require activation to open up barriers, cannons that require pinpoint precision in order to be used effectively and much more — The level of variety in traps for each level is admirable, even if by the latter stages this innovation dries up somewhat and proceedings become a tad repetitive due to the recycling of certain puzzle elements.

Agriculture has been able to adapt to recent changes in climate; however, increased innovation will be needed to ensure the rate of adaptation of agriculture and the associated socioeconomic system can keep pace with future climate change.

• Finally, because this federally organized innovation system is largely unknown to the public, it lacks the visibility and support that it needs to function effectively.

We need to start thinking in practical terms about how to get the technologies we need ready — as the authors say, «deep energy system decarbonization is likely to require an ambitious, focused agenda of rapid innovation and improvement in every critical technology area, even those commercially available today, as well as substantial «demand pull» efforts and policies to ensure early demonstration, industry maturation, scale - up, and «learning by doing.