Sentences with phrase «of ordering things»

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John Mackey, the CEO and co-founder of Whole Foods, has been under pressure to get things in order quickly.

In order to create your own productivity schedule, you need to think of it in terms of two things — time perspective and energy perspective.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Now, it's more of technological wonder that when I visit Walmart's website, the first thing it does is ask me if I'm ready to reorder a slew of products I put into a real cart in a physical store, even though I've never ordered these things via the website.

One of the ways the central bank assesses the mood of business owners and managers is to ask them how things such as current orders compare with a year earlier.

«One of the most important things I do to help maximize my performance at work is to get your personal life in order through morning and evening routines.

But in order to survive in this world, you have to find a way of making those [things] and putting bread on the table at the same time.

Among other things, the founders have donated portions of online orders to nonprofits, organized volunteers to help the homeless during frigid winters, and built a well in Nigeria to increase clean water access for hibiscus farmers.

By upending the old order of things — by choosing the career before the spouse, house and kids — many of us hit 40 having already proven our professional worth.

«They are paying early termination fees in order to get customers to switch, and everyone followed, so if you look at the major changes that have occurred in the industry, from payment plans (to) turning off termination fees, no contracts, getting rid of roaming (charges), it's a longer list of things that are precipitated by them doing it first,» he told CNBC by phone.

Please take some time to go back to the checklist and ask yourself honestly — are you doing all of these things in order to develop leaders who are going to drive sales and revenue opportunities at your company in the future?

As governor of the nation, Trump would need to surround himself with politically experienced people and be willing to work with both Democrats and Republicans who hold different opinions and values than he does in order to get things done.

«In order to grow the business to the next stage I recognized I needed two things: the need to attain significant capital and to attract an experienced executive team with a proven track record of achieving this kind of growth,» says Ashwell.

There's an ever - so - slight learning curve in figuring out what Amazon's Alexa can and can't do, but once that's passed, the Echo Dot can forecast the weather, read an audiobook, order a pizza, tell Dad jokes, or any number of things Mom should find charming.

Over the years of building the Female Entrepreneur Association, I've come to realize that there are some key things we must focus on in order build the business success we desire.

Here's where things get complicated: In order to calculate the taxes you owe, you need your cost basis — that is, the original value of the asset for tax purposes — and this information can be hard to find.

So, I went back to the data to uncover the kinds of things that emotionally intelligent people are careful to avoid in order to keep themselves calm, content, and in control.

We're very disappointed that in order to fund the military, we had to give up things where we consider in many cases them to be bad or them to be a waste of money.

But in order to do so, we need to know basic things such as the units (jobs vs. person - years of employment) of the numbers we're debating.

Most business owners think about creating a «start doing» list, with its endless recitations of things they could be doing more of in order for the company to be bigger, better or more profitable.

Finances aren't the only thing likely to cause small businesses strife, time - management can be a struggle too, the juggling of projects, products or orders posing perpetual problems.

There's an ever - so - slight learning curve in figuring out what Amazon Echo's Alexa virtual assistant can and can't do, but once that's passed, it can forecast the weather, read an audiobook, order a pizza, tell Dad jokes, or any number of things your father should find fascinating.

Here's a look at the 100 things — listed in alphabetical order — that are going to be the «it» topics of 2014, according to New York City - based advertising agency JWT.

They'd deploy their own wireless networks, run software packages that they wanted, and otherwise subvert the natural order of things.

These forward - looking statements include, among other things, statements about full - year 2018 guidance, project milestones, increased opportunities in the market, backlog, bids and change orders outstanding, target projects and revenue opportunity pipeline, to the extent these may be viewed as indicators of future revenues or profitability, the expected impacts of the F2G program and progress toward completing the proposed combination with CB&I and the anticipated benefits of that transaction.

The three things you need to understand in order to prepare for the transformative power of Blockchains are:

Things like cohort marketing (the ability to break your audience into like - minded segments), behavioral targeting (targeting based on customer actions) and sequencing (the ordering of campaigns to have the biggest impact) will be critical to your marketing campaign success.

There's an ever - so - slight learning curve in figuring out what Amazon Echo's Alexa virtual assistant can and can't do, but once that's passed, it can forecast the weather, read an audiobook, order a pizza, tell Dad jokes, or any number of things your dad should find fascinating.

So by putting print at the back end, where it now fits in the natural order of things, you can really attack costs.»

These managers ended up having to follow up with another e-mail, phone call or face - to - face meeting 72 % of the time in order to ensure things stayed on track.

Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, encourages audience members to look past short - term, material, and goal - oriented happiness in order to find a kind of happiness that can be sustained when things don't go according to plan.

Put four or five things on your to - do list, in order of importance, and strive to complete them that day.

In order to keep things running smoothly every company needs a group of individuals who keep its financial performance ticking along.

There is no such thing as a one - size - fits - all anecdote that will turn a speech into a crowd - inspiring oration, and I had to tell her honestly that good speech writing is not a magic trick that entails cherry - picking anecdotes on the order of «Let's win one for the Gipper!»

In order to measure engagement, track response to the things your business is asking of customers after they interact with you.

In order to get things done with speed, you have to work with people from a lot of different groups.»

In order to do this, I have a non-negotiable, highly specific checklist of the few things I won't fly without — a small silk pillow, face mist, an external battery pack, lip balm, and a book of crossword puzzles.

There are myriad services, many of them free, specifically tailored to deepen Canadian companies» presence in emerging markets — something Todd Winterhalt, vice-president and managing director of global trade for Export Development Canada (EDC), feels is important in order to change the fact that 70 % of Canadian exporters sell primarily to the U.S. «Diversification of trade is a good thing,» he says.

«Corporate credit cards are not a new thing; what's new is the use of cards to mitigate the cost of purchase orders.»

If that sounds like a familiar point, it's the exact conclusion of the 75 - year Harvard Grant Study, which found that the number - one thing people need in order to be fulfilled and happy is to develop relationships with other people.

«We have substantiation from «history of the internet» type authorities that indicate that a large pepperoni, mushroom and extra cheese pizza from Pizza Hut was indeed the first thing ever ordered via the internet,» said Doug Terfehr, Pizza Hut's Director of Public Relations.

One thing every local business should be doing, says James Citron, CEO of mobile video marketing firm Mogreet, is attach keywords to their mobile campaigns that will resonate with customers in order to create brand awareness.

My list was extensive, but failing to list all of the things that you have to do in order to achieve a goal greatly minimizes your chances of actually entering into goal achievement.

However, the pizza franchise claims the first thing ever ordered over the internet was the humble pizza in the early summer of 1994.

Less - than - stellar leaders become consumed by the entrancement of the new thing and are hypnotized into dropping, aborting, or prematurely birthing what they're currently working on in order to get their hands on that shiny new project — all, of course, accompanied by an intellectually robust post-rationalization.»

Many of the concrete suggestions he offered for achieving those aims, such as surfacing tweets in order of relevance rather than chronology, are things Twitter has already been working on for some time.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

There's an ever - so - slight learning curve in figuring out what Amazon's Alexa can and can't do, but once that's passed, the Echo Dot can forecast the weather, read an audiobook, order a pizza, tell Dad jokes, or any number of things they should find charming.

Likewise, you shouldn't have to make numerous callbacks to get the next order, says seasoned tea importer Al Sharif, owner of GlobeTrends, in Chatham, N.J. «If he's doing the right things in the right way on the phone,» and still not making progress, Sobczak agrees, «then I'd have to look at his product and marketing.»

Fredrick Petrie, author of «The End of Work: Financial Planning for People With Better Things To Do,» recommends «taxing» yourself in order to get more money out of your wallet and into the bank — this way you'll make savings a priority from the get - go, rather than budgeting everything else first and then seeing what is left over for savings.