Sentences with phrase «technology adds cost to»

The differentiators are a cumulative problem because all that extra technology adds cost to the device.

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If you're considering going this route to incorporate some promising technology for your business, you'll need to decide if it is more cost effective to add employees or look for a third - party solution.

Although the technology cost was 10 percent more than our previous generation of products, the net savings to our customers was approximately 10 percent, achieved through a pick - up of 20 percent in added efficiency.

Sustainable technology already exists, added Ong, «but you have to make a conscientious decision to jump over» ostensible hurdles of cost and convenience.

«We certainly applaud government's efforts on easing the burden of high housing costs and increasing access to child care, but in introducing a payroll tax to offset lost MSP premium revenues this Budget delivers another meaningful blow to small to medium employers, especially in the service and technology sectors,» adds Black.

Add to this the cost of technology and fleet upgrades to keep up with Amazon, including US$ 200 million spent to provide carriers with Internet - connected scanners for real - time package tracking.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

«Health ventures are adding tremendous value to the healthcare system today, creating the next generation of digital health technologies that will positively impact patient outcomes, decrease costs and increase efficiency,» says Patrick Blanshard, Founder and CEO, Sensory Technologies Inc. and member of the Innovation Partnership: Procurement by Co-Design advisory committee.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

«To be quick, traceable and transparent, accessible on a need - to - know basis only, with reductions of operational risks and cost reductions — add all those features together: This is what makes blockchain technology unique.&raquTo be quick, traceable and transparent, accessible on a need - to - know basis only, with reductions of operational risks and cost reductions — add all those features together: This is what makes blockchain technology unique.&raquto - know basis only, with reductions of operational risks and cost reductions — add all those features together: This is what makes blockchain technology unique.»

Requiring firms to adopt a particular technology or technique adds costs just as carbon pricing does.

Their presses, technologies and workflow processes for pre-press and printing add a positive impact on time to market, overall quality and project cost - effectiveness.

«Investing in more speed and capacity than is necessary not only increases costs today without a corresponding benefit but it also adds the risk that if and when projected growth is achieved, the once modern machinery may be worn to the point that repair or replacement is needed or worse, it may be made obsolete by new technology.

Current directional microphone technology adds cost, weight and power requirements to hearing aids compromising their design.

Peter Falkingham added, «In recent years technology has advanced to the point where highly accurate 3D models can be produced easily and at very little cost just from digital photos, and this has been revolutionizing many different fields.

In response, NASA pointed out that the European Space Agency was also contributing funds, and added that the technologies from Cassini were helping to fund lower - cost NASA missions such as the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Pathfinder and the Spitzer Space Telescope, according to JPL.

Autoblog adds, «The study suggests that the increase in hybrid vehicle sales will be influenced by such factors such as increased pressure from government agencies to reduce fuel consumption and overall vehicle emissions, as well as a drastic reduction in the cost of hybrid technology.»

It may be sheer, but the Smart Sheer Insulated Linen Voile Sheer Window Curtain Panel features proprietary technology to let light gently pass through while still helping to reduce energy costs, adding subtle style to any room.

The two dating applications share a common technology platform that is highly scalable and requires limited incremental operational cost to add users, active subscribers, or new features.»

Some models do add new costs, for such things as purchasing technology; making facilities and furniture changes in existing schools; transitioning pay discrepancies for some tenured or contract - protected teachers; or obtaining design assistance to choose and tailor reach models.

Inadequate funding adds to factors such as high transportation costs, high costs for technology, and the expenses of having sparse student populations.

The fundamental issues remain similar (e.g., teachers or textbooks as drivers of the curriculum, student challenges when using text in courses, cost of books); however, the advent of new technologies, like electronic text (e-text) and reading devices (e-readers) have added more complexity to the discussion.

It does added harm to those students most in need because the cost of the tests, test prep materials, and the technology to administer the tests takes financial resources away from addressing their needs propelled by poverty and racism.

The QX60 Hybrid offers slightly better fuel economy with similar performance, but as gasoline looks to remain cheap for the near future, we're not certain the extra cost and technology are worth the added premium.

That package then lets you add the Technology package, which costs an additional $ 2,480, adding almost $ 5,000 to the car's base price.

With Chevy adding all this new technology to the Nox what is the cost to the vehicle.

«By sharing development costs, while adapting powertrains, designs and equipment offerings for each specific region, Nissan has been able to add features and technologies while keeping prices affordable.»

This technology is a simple and cost - effective way to add cylinder deactivation to smaller engines.

There's also hope that this new rating criteria will force headlight technology to improve quickly, thus lowering costs, and put added pressure on the U.S. government to change rules that prevented the best global lighting systems from coming onshore.

MINIMALISM is the MINI name for energy - efficient technologies that not only save money for customers through lower running costs, but also add to the driving pleasure.

Adding the Technology Package to either trim costs about $ 3,800, and adding the Advance Package means about $ 2,200Adding the Technology Package to either trim costs about $ 3,800, and adding the Advance Package means about $ 2,200adding the Advance Package means about $ 2,200 more.

Any color other than white would add $ 500, the Technology package with navigation is another $ 2,500, and destination would bring the total cost to $ 30,595.

Optional crash avoidance technologies sometimes add thousands of dollars to the cost of a vehicle and often are available only as part of more expensive packages.

While that was the situation over three months ago, what remains to be seen is whether display technology has become advanced enough to allow Apple to offer retina display on the new iPad Mini without adding to the costs significantly.

Hanvon's new technology meets consumer demand for finger touch displays while also lowering the cost to eReader manufacturers by adding a series of antenna sensors to the sensor board

These are all useful things but again, for the author that is technology - challenged or isn't active or familiar with social media sites, there will be added costs to set up a FaceBook page or to hire someone who can handle the social media aspect of the author's life.

Do small acquisitions adjacent to what the firm is doing, that improve marketing efforts, technology, lower costs, add new geographic markets, add complementary products and services, etc., and then grow those organically.

«Through our partnership with BlackRock, and building on our long - standing online trading technology expertise, we believe we have created a best - in - class offering for investors who are seeking an engaging digital low cost solution to their wealth management,» he added.

Climate policy uncertainty, all other premises being equal, slows down the introduction of new technologies when compared with conventional ones, because it adds an additional risk to other large existing ones — the risk premiums for new technologies can be as high as 40 % of the capital investment cost for a power plant.

The levelized cost of new coal plants already exceeds that of new NGCC plants, and «today's CCS technologies would add around 80 % to the cost of electricity for a new pulverized coal (PC) plant, and around 35 % to the cost of electricity for a new advanced gasification - based (IGCC) plant,» according to the EPA (77 FR 22415).

Indeed, even the benefits to consumers in the form of reduced fuel costs were estimated to be higher than the costs of adding the needed technologies to new vehicles.

-- Extensive use of recycled building materials and reclaimed wood flooring It's also worth noting that, although construction costs on the $ 20 million structure were slightly higher thanks to all the added technology, NASA should recover the difference within 10 years — at which point the facility will be a major cost - saver as well as energy - saver.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is supporting this development with a $ 3.0 million cost - share contract to advance SOEC system design that will be added to the Advanced Technology backlog for the fourth quarter of 2016.

Adding carbon and capture technology to new coal plants makes electricity from coal more expensive than energy from solar thermal and wind power, even when «firming costs» are included for alternatives (see table).

For many of your customers, the most significant barriers to adding a photovoltaic system to their home are the up front cost, lack of knowledge about the technology and low confidence in solar installation companies.

As the cost of clean technology continues to fall, the world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2016, at an investment level 23 per cent lower than the previous year

I do not agree with the EPA that this is proven technology, it requires someplace to store the CO2 and that limits its applicability, and adding a refinery to a power plant adds so much complexity and cost that ultimately it means that we can not afford to do it in the US much less in a developing country.

This remarkably low cost build in rural Co Meath adds to the evidence that it's possible to meet the passive house standard on a tight budget — with a number of additional green technologies thrown in for good measure

I should add that wind, geothermal power, concentrating solar thermal power, cane ethanol, and biodiesel are the only safe, proven, minimally controversial, non toxic, cost competitive technologies available today that can be rolled out immediately and in sufficient quantity to meet global warming CO2 reduction requirements.