Sentences with phrase «of operations problems»

This product includes 2 mazes with 20 problems each for a total of 40 order of operations problems.

Not exact matches

In anticipation of the rules, the North American Securities Administrators Association, which represents state securities regulators, is taking steps to try to weed out possible problems lurking among thousands of nascent crowdfunding operations.

Which brings me to the release today of Fortune's annual celebrated «Change the World» list, where we highlight companies that are tackling key societal problems with the same ambition — and, importantly, sustaining profit motive — that they're pursuing their core business operations.

Ride - sharing company Lyft has expanded its operations in the United States by more than 50 % in the past eight months, taking advantage of problems at rival company Uber to capture new market share.

In the past couple of years, Connolly admits, Spinergy's internal operations have been riddled with problems: incorrect invoicing, delayed shipping, unpaid bills.

Bitcoin investors are on alert to see whether Beijing will take further action against cryptocurrencies, such as shutting down bitcoin «mines», the energy - hungry operations that create bitcoin by solving mathematical problems using vast banks of computers.

Richardson, the chief of US naval operations, told the House Appropriations subcommittee in March that Russia's increasing interest in undersea operations was «exactly why our investments [in European operations] are focused on the antisubmarine - warfare problem, both enhancing our undersea sensors and then... infrastructure for the antisubmarine aircraft, the P - 8.»

Yet, no comprehensive solution to the problem was offered by the government at the time of the 2014 operation; nor in the years afterward.

Business consultant Cunningham says mobile appeals to a certain type of entrepreneur who has no problem running a one - person operation.

Joe Hinrichs, Ford's president of global operations, acknowledged that the increasing cost of aluminum had become a problem.

Even so, as a maker of domestic appliances, Dyson does have long experience of running a global supply chain and manufacturing operations — something that has caused significant problems for fresh industry entrants such as Tesla.

The discovery of significant problems with a product similar to one of our products that implicate an entire class of products could have a material adverse effect on sales of the affected products and on our business and results of operations.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Responsible investors have for years talked about the risks of regulatory intervention where companies fail to address serious social or environmental problems that arise in their operations.

Environmental risks and poverty are fundamental problems for almost every part of business operations, from storing data to manufacturing laundry detergent to growing tea.

Still, Deboo suggests that there's a sense Polman has morphed into the classic Davos Man, more intently focused on fixing global problems than the nitty - gritty details of operations.

For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.

The problem of lags takes some people in an unhelpfully nihilistic direction, in which they believe that monetary policy is so imprecise and slow in its operation, that it needs to be put on some kind of automatic pilot.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Cryptocurrency mining operations, illegal or not, are becoming a real problem for the higher education sector, where hackers have found plenty of easy to hack systems, but also where students are using university resources to make an extra profit via deliberate cryptocurrency mining.

In the 1980's, though, huge latent problems from a few long - tail lines of insurance surfaced at Lloyds and, for a time, threatened to destroy its storied operation.

The support network is a key element in any franchise operation because it helps to resolve problems such as an unexpected need for supplies or labor, troubleshooting in case any point of sale systems go down or help to resolve any HR problems.

But the 5,000 - strong force's first operation in November was plagued by logistical problems, and it remains very much a work in progress despite political support from a variety of powers including Russia and China.

While the US and the UK are generally emerging from these problems — both on account of their more thorough - going balance sheet repair and because of their more successful conduct of QE operations by their central banks — they nevertheless must attempt to recover and grow in an environment that is adversely affected by the policy missteps in the Euro - area and Japan.

This is pure speculation, but I could see Mr. Murdock who owns around 40 % of Dole, possibly looking to take the new Dole private again now that its major problem has been eliminated so he can control its operations again, which would also help unlock shareholder value.

The problem with the Freedom of Navigation operations by the U.S., China - US Focus contributor Richard Javad Heydarian says, is that it's provocative enough to give China pretext to further militarize the dispute, but not robust enough to deter China from dominating the area.

Disruptions in operations due to technical problems or other interruptions such as floods or fire would adversely affect the manufacturing capacity of our facilities.

She spent her first year on staff as the Community Manager of Common Desk - Oak Cliff, and over time, we started to pick up on her uncanny ability to problem - solve, implement new systems, and streamline operations.

To use smart algorithms responsibly, companies — particularly financial services firms — must identify potential problems early and have a well - conceived plan for addressing and removing unintended bias before it leads to discrimination in their lending practices, as well as potential discriminatory biases that may reach beyond lending and affect other aspects of a company's operations.

Alberta has a revenue problem and if we should have learned anything since the international price of oil collapsed in 2014, it is that we should not depend on royalty revenues from oil and gas to fund the day to day operations of our public services.

Whether your organization needs to increase sales, boost income, increase output, expand creativity, enhance problem - solving, find more balance or improve customer service — these disciplines, when put into practice, will create massive and permanent change in the lives of your participants and in the day - to - day operations of your organization.

The company is enacting a number of improvements that should help prevent such problems in the future, including changes of operations management and in the way that the engineering and operations groups interact.

As we worked with the defendants to investigate the details of the drug sting, we discovered that the operation was riddled with factual and procedural problems.

I believe that we should all have tolerance for each other's faith or faithlessness; the ONLY time I have a real problem with faith is when it interferes with the operation of government and social programs, including women's reproduction rights and gay rights issues.

This statement, a seed - planting operation, produced a lively discussion which quickly moved to the level of the parents, feelings, problems, and self - images.

Human patience is tested throughout the farming operation with unproductive land, problem of weed, failure of rains and attacks from pests, and enemies of crops (cf. GThom.9).

b) Towards a solution of the problem of God's «predicamental» operation in the creation of the individual human soul.

One of the most difficult problems associated with this development was the safeguarding of the genuine divinity of the Action of God in Jesus Christ and of the Response (Response, with an upper case R, since we are talking about a truly divine operation) in the Holy Spirit.

Most of our terrorist problems today are blow - back from government operations decades ago.

Stuff like this and the problem with divorced, remarried people are why I left the RC church for something more tolerant of our lives and more open in their operations.

Should you have a problem or a defect during the operation of your label printer, please be sure to read the manual in the chapter «Troubleshooting» section.

Maybe you've solved a problem nobody really has — we worked on a client one time who was determined to throw their operations into chaos by letting consumers build 100 percent customized burgers, from the type of bun, to the types of meats, to dozens of toppings — you - the - diner made every decision.

The presented topics focused on: - Economical, ecological and social implications of apiculture - Legal norms and guidelines / official and private standards - Perspectives of organic apicultural production - Conversion problems, risk assessment and evaluation - Specific apiary operations - Quality management and assurance in organic apiculture - Inspection and certification processes - Labeling / packaging and marketing - Endemic Iranian bees and their potentials for honey production - etc..

«In a big center like Montreal, it's not a problem to find those products in retail stores, but in some regions, people have some company profile difficulty finding Italian products,» explains Christian Champagne, executive vice president of operations.

The Danish international keeper has suffered a recurrence of the groin problem that resulted in a minor hernia operation recently.

I have had three operations on my ankle, all for different problems but the result of that was that my body is unbalanced, especially in my legs.

The Arsenal injury curse strikes again and what we were initially told was a fairly minor ankle problem ended up needing an operation to fix it, and now we have the usual setback to his recovery and the upshot of it all is that our Spanish midfield maestro Santi Cazorla will not be adding, during the current season at least, to the eight Premier League appearances he made before being subbed off during the Champions League hammering of Ludogorets Razgrad.

'' [For] anybody who has had four operations on their knee by age 35 and is still having significant problems, the outlook is not good,» says Dr. Ronald Grelsamer, an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.

• McLaren, who has had seven knee operations himself, is well aware that there are no quick fixes for knee problems, and he had no intention of suggesting that there were.

This all happened just as we found out that Santi Cazorla needed another operation on his Achilles, a problem that kept him out of the side for over four months last season, and looks to be doing the same again in this campaign.