Sentences with phrase «of chain drives»

The gearbox is not sequential, and there's axles instead of a chain drive and everything much bigger obviously..

The VANOS units were designed as integral components of the chain drive, and the adjustment ranges are 63 degrees for the intake camshaft and 60 degrees for the exhaust camshaft.

The lower tension of the chain drive, along with cushioned ring sprockets, also reduces noise and vibration.

Not exact matches

The most critical person to hire in the customer service schema is the manager, says Andy Fromm, president of Service Management Group, a Missouri - based firm that works with retail and restaurant chains on improving customer service, since employee turnover is directly driven by manager turnover.

I lack the direct experience with the world's largest retailer to fairly say I don't like it, but still — a company that has both a taste for hegemony and a reputation (fair or not) for driving profit out of supply chains is something any marketer should be wary of.

When the film debuted, A&W Food Services of Canada was a burger chain, largely operating in Western Canada with a string of suburban drive - thrus and food court locations.

Edmark's precocious cat, its clever cow, and its irresistible orangutan had won the hearts, Vetras says, of «the tweed - jacketed, Volvo - driving 130 - plus - IQ set» who shopped at specialty chains.

Commenting on the Company's first quarter results, Ryder Chairman and CEO Robert Sanchez said, «Our results were at the high - end of our expectations in the first quarter, driven by stronger than expected results in our rental, supply chain, and dedicated businesses.

It's in the best interest of businesses to invest in the IoT as a solution for supply chain management and to help drive insight into consumer personalization.

Now it looks as though bargain shoppers are once again controlling the restaurant industry — something that is driving consumers away from casual chains in favor of eating at home or at fast - food and fast - casual chains.

Billionaire Chipotle investor Bill Ackman spoke about the chain during a conference Tuesday, suggesting there were a number of opportunities for improvement for Chipotle, including introducing desserts and breakfast options as well as extending store hours and introducing more drive - thru windows.

Such screens are standard at drive - through lanes of many fast - food chains, such as McDonalds (MCD), Burger King (QSr), and Sonic — but the Starbucks screens will have a twist: customers will see their barista's face when they relay their order.

If you're a frequent customer of a Starbucks (SBUX) drive - through location, your morning java pickup is about to get more efficient — or so the chain hopes.

Julie Meyer, Chairman and CEO of Ariadne Capital tells CNBC the reason Airbnb is surpassing the market cap of public hotel chains such as InterContinental Hotels is due to «its network, its reach, the peer to peer platform that is driving the economics of the sector.»

Compound annual growth rates of the overall fashion industry have been flat or grown by 1 % to 2 % over the last 20 years, but fast fashion — driven by chains like H&M, Zara, and Forever 21 — has grown by more than 12 % each year.

drive - in fast - food restaurant chain reported adjusted earnings of 45 cents per share, beating estimates by 1 cent.

Topgolf, a budding chain of sports - bar - meets - driving - range entertainment centers, has been growing in popularity among non-golfers.

A Mexican eatery chain revealed the locations of their free burrito giveaways only through Facebook status updates, driving traffic to their business page.

Cyber-crooks did a drive - by on drive - thru chain Sonic, and are poised to pig out on millions of stolen credit and debit cards.

Time Wasters If your hard drive goes south, you can always take it to a chain's repair service instead of doing the heavy lifting yourself.

McDonald's, one of the chains hit the hardest by long wait times, has cycled through several concepts to cut the time, including cutting time - consuming menu items and installing a third drive - thru window.

It started as a chain of drive - in theaters, founded by Sumner Redstone's father Michael in 1936, a company that the younger Redstone took control of in 1987 after finishing law school.

One year later, the chain told Fortune the better - quality coffee paid off: Its coffee sales have doubled, with iced coffee in particular driving 75 % of the growth.

The nation's largest chain of drive - in restaurants saw system - wide same - stores sales rise 2.2 percent during the first quarter, powered by a 2.3 percent increase at franchise drive - ins, the corporation reported Monday.

By leveraging technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to drive inventory transparency (a key tenet of omnichannel success), Lululemon uses stores as distribution centers to optimize the supply chain and improve inventory turns while enabling an elevated in - store experience for educators and guests.

Shares of the world's biggest fast food chain by revenue rose more than 5 percent as global same - restaurant sales topped Wall Street forecasts, driven by the strength in mature markets especially the United Kingdom and Germany.

The drive - in restaurant chain posted revenue of $ 105.4 million in the period, missing Street forecasts.

With Rockets of Awesome, Rachel Blumenthal has built a data - driven supply chain to make her business faster and smarter.

Given the talk of replacing the tax on exports with one on imports would only drive up the problems the chains face, as their cost of goods would jump significantly.

For example, as of June 2016, Sonic Corp., which owns the Sonic Drive - In chain, has 48.55 million shares outstanding and a share price of $ 28.16.

Amazon has been labeled a job - destroyer, its low prices driving manufacturers, mom - and - pop stores, and retail chains like Borders and Toys «R» Us out of business.

He has worked with hundreds of companies to apply enterprise software and process improvements to drive value and cost savings in their supply chain and logistics functions.

As a continuation of its ethical sourcing commitment, Starbucks will launch a pilot program with select coffee farmers in Costa Rica, Colombia and Rwanda to develop next - level data technology to log and share real - time information along the journey of coffee beans with the aim of driving positive impact to smallholder farmers within its supply chain.

«While some device vendors are hoping that strong consumer awareness will drive corporate wellness adoption for their products, they also need to understand and focus on the most influential parts of the healthcare value chain,» says Jonathan Collins, author of the new study.

As a strategic equity partner, TAU is uniquely positioned to accelerate this future of responsible and resilient supply chains, with the capital, resources, and relationships to drive impact at scale.

Cost of goods sold (COGS) per hectoliter decreased 2.5 percent for the year and 2.8 percent for the quarter, driven by supply chain cost savings and lower commodity costs, partially offset by lower fixed - cost absorption due to lower volumes.

The campaign drove tens of thousands of people to Jamba Juice locations; every time someone used one of Wildfire's coupons to make a purchase, the smoothie chain could credit that customer to the promotion.

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.

If you're driven to advance the efficiency of the modern supply chain, you've come to the right place.

OntarioBuys makes investments to support innovation and to facilitate and accelerate the adoption of integrated supply chain, back - office leading practices and operational excellence by driving collaboration and improving supply chain processes in Ontario's broader public sector.

And, by definition, it means the company (and competitors like OfferPad) are involved with the transaction that drives the value chain — the actual buying and selling of homes.

Correlation does not equal causation, as they say, and there are a number of factors that can drive higher average unit volumes, such as having a drive - through, a broader menu, and more marketing spending, but the numbers above do seem to favor the fresh - beef chains.

That's a major red flag, because it shows that as the chain expands it actually loses something: it becomes less special, and that undermines some of what has driven customers in.

Second, the company appears to be hedging its bets on its partnerships by owning more of the self - driving value chain.

So as the global economy struggles towards escape velocity growth, the moves by these companies are speaking loud and clear: the next generation value chains will increasingly focus on the use of technology to drive returns.

This can be a much easier path of entry since it facilitates quicker participation by the large chain store companies in the space without ever enduring the risks faced by startups to drive this industry.

And, they need to drive efficiencies throughout all aspects of their business and their supply chains.

Machine learning, automation and robotics, self - driving vehicles, new tracking technology — all of these futuristic supply chain tools will see major developments and implementation in 2018.

These updates and the range of dApps and ICOs that have been built on the Ethereum ecosystem have further driven mass adoption for the ETH chain.

WBENC celebrates Top Corporation honorees who successfully drive the sustainable inclusion of women - owned businesses within corporate and government supply chains and empowered local communities through economic growth and job creation.