Sentences with phrase «reported up the chain»

yeah i think that's really valid feedback and it's something I've reported up the chain to review further.

In contrast, the policy encourages in - house counsel to report misconduct to the OSC if they have reported up the chain and 120 days have elapsed.

Not exact matches

The department store retail chain reported sales on Thursday morning of $ 4.12 billion, up from $ 4.07 billion the previous quarter, but missing the estimate for $ 4.19 billion.

Last week, KGI Securities analyst Ming - Chi Kuo issued a research note (as reported by MacRumors) that said Apple's supply chain has resolved all pertinent bottlenecks that were holding up production.

A recent report from retail think tank Fung Global Retail & Technology estimated that the widespread closures among those four chains alone — nearly 400 stores — will leave approximately $ 2.5 billion in sales up for grabs.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Valukas also portrayed a corporate culture in which there was heavy pressure to keep costs down, a reluctance to report problems up the chain of command, a skittishness about putting safety concerns on paper, and general bureaucratic resistance to change.

Shares of the burger chain are up 12 percent in the last week as investors await the company's earnings report Thursday after the bell.

Reports of big M&A deals included U.S. - based Marathon Petroleum Corp's agreement to buy Andeavor and a tie - up between British supermarket chains Sainsbury's and Walmart Inc's ASDA.

But when individuals have more money to spend, they tend to migrate up the food chain to restaurant takeout or prepared items from the rotisserie counter instead of buying more frozen fare, notes a recent report on the sector from research firm IBISWorld.

And an OC&C Strategy Consultants report shows that over 90 % of respondents surveyed increased their spending on skincare products last year by going up the value chain.

In Canada, the cost of food waste was identified as $ 31 billion in 2014, according to a report from Value Chain Management International, up 15 per cent from 2010.

According to a new report from DigiTimes, which often posts accurate information about smartphone supply chain machinations, wireless chip vendor MediaTek had been «optimistic that its gross margin and revenues would pick up drastically during the second quarter of 2018.»

With earnings season ramping up, brewing giant Anheuser - Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) and restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) served as an exercise in contrast as investors reacted to their respective quarterly reports.

Ten years ago, third - party logistics made up less than 10 % of the total market share in the freight transportation industry, but today it makes up more than 25 %, according to the Council of Supply Chain Management's State of Logistics report, which pegged 3PL revenue at $ 157.2 billion in 2014.

Reports of big M&A deals included U.S. - based Marathon Petroleum Corp's (MPC.N) agreement to buy Andeavor (ANDV.N) and a tie - up between British supermarket chains Sainsbury's (SBRY.L) and Walmart Inc's (WMT.N) ASDA.

According to reports last week, China's Commerce Ministry is urging Washington to nix considerations for hiked trade tariffs or risk setting up a global chain reaction of disruption.

Anderson says a related parallel between the Penn State and Catholic Church scandals is the existence of hierarchies that apparently allowed personnel to report abuse allegations up a chain of command without higher - ups taking decisive action.

As reported by The Australian Financial Review earlier this month, the Wesfarmers - owned supermarket and liquor group has received approaches from private equity buyers wanting to buy the Vintage Cellars liquor chain for up to $ 300 million.

Arla UK has been criticised for setting up a new wave of instability through Britain's milk supply chain after it cut the price it pays to farmers for milk, citing cost pressures, reports Chris Mercer.

From local taquerias to national chains, the Mexican restaurant landscape is as diverse as it is delicious, and we rounded up some of the best statistics on this menu type and packed them in this report.

Dortmund, meanwhile, are believed to have already identified the next link in this particular transfer chain, with Bild reporting that Bordeaux's Brazilian winger Malcom has been lined up to succeed their outgoing starlet.

Burke says the State Senate has failed to act more than a year after the Attorney General issued a report on the dangers posed by the plastic, which is likely being consumed by fish and wildlife and making it way up the food chain.

Now, a team led by Zhengzhong Shao of Fudan University in China report that introducing peptide side chains into the polymer gives fibres that are strong and exhibit a remarkably rapid color change even at temperatures up to 200 °C.

Sometimes one will start to eat another and then get eaten itself, and Soulsby notes that chains have been reported with of up to four fish simultaneously cannibalizing each other.

The report recommends beefing up forecasting systems for ocean and ice conditions, infrastructure for supply chains for people and equipment to respond, field research on the behavior of oil in the Arctic environment, and other strategies to prepare for a significant spill in the harsh conditions of the Arctic.

Even decaf drinkers should beware: A 2007 Consumer Reports study found that «decaffeinated» coffees sold at several chain restaurants varied widely, containing up to 32 milligrams of caffeine per cup — about the same amount in 12 ounces of cola.

Some reports have also noted that, once a person gets past the initial sign - up page, he or she can choose «happily married» or «unhappily married» as a status before finalizing a profile... The site is part of chain of dating sites tied to...

Soldiers and sailors are often abused by their superiors, and are strongly discouraged from reporting such crimes by officers further up the chain of command.

Here's the full list of 142 films that featured on our contributors» ballots: (Disclaimer: Luc Besson's Lucy didn't get a single vote - I just like this image of Scarlett sorting through stuff) 71 1001 Grams 12 Years a Slave 20,000 Days on Earth 22 Jump Street 52 Tuesdays A Girl at my Door A Most Violent Year A Most Wanted Man A Touch of Sin Aberdeen Alleluia American Sniper Birdman Black Coal, Thin Ice Blind Blue Ruin Boyhood Calvary Captain America: The Winter Soldier Casa Grande Chef Citizenfour Climbing to Spring Cold in July Danger 5 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Der Samurai Duke of Burgundy Edge of Tomorrow Electric Boogaloo Enemy Fandry Force Majeure Frank Free Fall From What is Before Giovanni's Island Gone Girl Goodbye to Language Guardians of the Galaxy Haemoo Han Gong - ju Hard to be a God Horse Money Housebound Ida Inherent Vice Interstellar It Follows Jauja Jigarthanda Jodorowsky's Dune John Wick Killers Lady Maiko Les Combattants Leviathan Li'l Quinquin Life Itself Like Father Like Son Locke Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere Magical Girl Maidan Man From Reno Melbourne Memphis Mommy National Gallery New World Nightcrawler Norte, The End of History Nymphomaniac Of Good Report Only Lovers Left Alive Over Your Dead Body Pale Moon Peaky Blinders Pride R100 Red Army Seven Weeks Sils Maria Snowpiercer Song of the Sea Sorrow and Joy Spring Stand By Me Doraemon Starred Up Starry Eyes Stray Dogs Texas Chain Saw Massacre The Act of Killing The Babadook The Dam Keeper The Double The Editor The Grand Budapest Hotel The Great Beauty The Great Passage The Guest The Hobbit The Internet's Own Boy The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness The Lego Movie The Missing Picture The One I Love The Overnighters The Penguins of Madagascar The Raid 2 The Sacrament The Second Game The Secret Life of Walter Mitty The Snow White Murder Case The Tale of the Princess Kaguya The Terror Live The Tribe The Wind Rises The Wolf of Wall Street The Wonders The World of Kanako These Final Hours They Came Together Tokyo Tribe Tusk Two Days, One Night Under the Skin Wadjda We Are The Best!

Bloom is darkly funny and absolutely terrifying as he employs cutthroat tactics to ruthlessly make his way up the food chain in his pursuit of a new career in the field of freelance TV new reporting.

«In place of the robots... you've got two associates lining up with a big, old spot welder hanging from the ceiling by a chain, and you've got one associate kind of like balancing it and trying to get the welder in position, and you've got another welder with his arm guiding it,» the paper reported, adding: «Sparks go flying.»

Since some reports note that up to 1,000,000 new titles are published EVERY YEAR (add that to everything that's already in print), the chances of any new self published title making its way onto the shelves of a physical, large chain bookstore (or library for that matter) are extremely slim... regardless of whether it does or does not have a spine title or proper bar code.

Other physical retailers appear to be adapting to the changed market: campus book chain John Smith's reported a company - wide increase in book sales last year; Blackwell's reported like - for - like sales were up in its key campus branches; and Waterstones maintained that the academic trade was still «very important» in some of its locations.

Thalia, a German retail bookstore chain that makes up the books division of parent company Douglas Holding AG, reported a loss of nearly 93million euros for last year, a report that its executives are basically saying is to be expected given the company's focal shift to ebooks.

Following up on a previous report, the latest newspaper circular for office supply chain Staples has confirmed March 27th as the launch date for the Motorola Xoom Wi - Fi with the price set at $ 599.99.

So, with print sales at independent ABA bookstores up a tiny bit, but book sales at all major US bookstore chains and mass merchandisers down by almost an order of magnitude more, then why does Nielsen Bookscan's «Retail & Club» sector still report that US print book sales are up 5 % overall?

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Further up the food chain, the report found that2 % of moneyed Canadians own five or more houses.

Ok well first up here's a surf report and a hand full of images sent through to us from our friends up at the Kandui Surf Resort in the Mentawai Island chain of Sumatra.

COSTA MESA, Calif.: 7 April 2016 — As the competition among hotel loyalty / rewards programs continues to heat up, hotel chains having multiple brands, wide distribution networks and diverse partnerships demonstrate distinct advantages in satisfying their members, according to the J.D. Power 2016 Hotel Loyalty / Rewards Program Satisfaction Report, SM released today.

Although the Australian release date is meant to be synchronised with Europe as Rocktober 16th, various places are reporting that if you walk into certain Australian chains you can pick it up right now.

It was a devilish story to report out, because it took a long time to cut through confusing static that had built up around the science of biomass energy, and because the wood pellet supply chain traverses two continents.

But I haven't seen a report anywhere that lays out so clearly the full sequence of steps in the chain: from boats to «ranches» where illegally caught fish are fattened for market before they had a chance to reproduce to government offices in France, Spain and other countries eager to prop up the fishing industry despite the ecological cost.

Last year, HP set up the HP 2007 Global Citizenship Report (GCR) in which they said they wanted to make their supply chain transparent in order to boost responsibility taken by not only themselves but the companies with whom they work, and the IT industry in general.

I can't believe it was a smart move not to pass Carlin's report up the food chain and trust that one's superiors would correctly judge its value.

The LEGO Group conducted an engagement programme with suppliers, Engage to Reduce (E2R) to report and minimise CO2 emissions, and during the next three years it will step - up the programme to include more than 80 % of its supply chain and set goals for CO2 reduction based on climate science.

Apple is closely involved in its supply chain, according to the report, so why is it not stepping up?

This is exactly the kind of thing one is likely to keep away from the lawyers, it seems to me, just because the lawyers may have a duty to report the issue up the chain.

While Samsung remains the world's the dominant supplier of OLED panels and will supply Apple with up to 92 million OLED screens over the next two years, a new report today suggests that Apple is looking to diversify its supply chain by investing $ 1.75 - 2.62 billion into LG Display's OLED manufacturing.