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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Cost-cutting"”.
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COST-CUTTING AT THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE: WHAT IMPACT HAS DECLINING CIRCULATION HAD UPON CRIME COVERAGE?
… in the United States, by making a series of cost-cutting moves including closing news bureaus and laying off long-time editorial staff. Story content for the years 1996 (the first full year in which the Houston Chronicle became the sole daily) and 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 was examined using …
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Automotive component product development enhancement through multi-attribute system design optimization in an integrated concurrent engineering framework
… period. Production overcapacity and high fixed costs constrain companies' profits and challenge the very same existence of some corporations. Strangulated by the reduced cash availability and petrified by the organizational and products' complexity, companies find themselves more and more …
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The applicability of new public management to developing countries: a case from Nepal
… New Public Management (NPM) was defined as cost cutting and downsizing, introducing agencies, separation of purchaser and provider, decentralization of management authority, performance management, introduction of market mechanisms, changes in personnel systems and quality and customer …
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The Use of Electronic Ticketing - A Case Study
… customers, its effects on revenue generation and cost-cutting opportunities, and the implications in the established transaction flow processes. This form of ticketing is becoming increasingly popular among U.S. and European airlines due to the reduced costs in different areas of passenger and …
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Information technology outsourcing by large Australian organisations
… that IT outsourcing is motivated primarily by cost cutting in the IT department but the latest trends suggest that outsourcing is more about improving usage of internal resources and service satisfaction. Authors Lee, J-N (2000) and Loh & Venkatraman (1992) argue that outsourcing IT functions …
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Driving change in commodity management in engineering led firms through optimization studies, modeling, and data driven decision making
… companies often find difficulty in managing costs. As the innovations begin to slow and key products are commoditized these companies often find themselves far behind their competition from a cost perspective and quickly lose margin and market share. Shifting the supply organization towards …
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Improving maintenance operation through transformational outsourcing
… is difficult in execution, especially in a cost-sensitive environment. This project examines the Full Service business under ABB Ltd to understand the key factors that drive the success of an outsourced maintenance operation. We present a qualitative causal loop diagram developed based on …
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Outsourcing transportation infrastructure maintenance : a theoretical approach with application to JR East
… how to reduce maintenance and operation cost is one of the biggest and most common concerns, because their revenue is not expected to increase drastically in the future. One of the solutions undertaken nowadays is contracting out and utilizing contractors' efficiency for cost cutting and …
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Effects of telecommuting on employee motivation and productivity during COVID-19 pandemic: A case of New Era Publication Corporation, Namibia
… as it increases productivity and can help with cost cutting in times of financial crisis
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A symbiotic model for transforming public healthcare in New Zealand
… expand their conceptual repertoire beyond mere cost-cutting and piecemeal improvements to consider potentially transformative business models. It invites stakeholders to consider how they ascribe meaning to behaviour, events, and environments when participating in every aspect of healthcare …
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A large-scale neighborhood search approach to vehicle routing pick-up and delivery problem with time windows under uncertainty
… has been addressed from the point of view of cost-cutting, to achieve the lowest cost possible under a given/predicted demand and service time scenario. This thesis aims to study a real-world VRPPDTW problem with side-constraints and build solutions that are cost-effective as well as robust to …
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Managing a global supply chain with durable arm's-length supplier relationships
… being placed on materials organizations to cut costs and manage supply chains more efficiently. By developing tools that address two of the biggest issues, this project seeks to aid in the cost cutting and supply chain management efforts. The first tool optimizes product demand allocation among …
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Semi-Automatic Nesting and Lean Problem Solving in a High-Mix, Low-Volume Production Environment
… as a time-saving strategy rather than a direct cost cutting strategy in order to improve quality of life for operators while improving customer service. Initial iterations of the solution focused on complete automation of the nesting process with one click by the operator, but variability and …
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An assessment of the effects of COVID-19 on employment in Zambia’s tourism industry.
… collabo rative efforts with other sectors, and cost-cutting measures as adaptive responses that contributed to the sector's survival.
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Innovation in mature industries : recent impacts of the oil & gas and automobile technological trends on the steel industry
… profile delineated by a relentless quest for cost cutting and efficient operations. Regarding innovation, the approach of the steel industry has been reactive, basically following market requirements. The industry has historically found itself far from its customers businesses and has …
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Evolution of the financial services industry in Europe and US
… since the Great Depression. The dramatic fact of cost cutting and diminishing the headcount in financial services industry creates question if the geographic location has substantial effect in their business activities. This study is conducted to analyze whether there is substantial change in the …
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Modeling and Control of a Six-Switch Single-Phase Inverter
… new field and it is difficult to satisfy both cost and performance targets. High expectations coupled with extreme cost cutting to compete with traditional technologies make converter design difficult. As power electronics mature more opportunities arise for entry into this lucrative area. An …
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Productivity of the Regional Bell Operating Companies Under Rate-of-Return and Price-Cap Regulation
… companies to adopt innovative technology, cost-cutting measures and provide telephone services more efficiently. To test the effectiveness of this incentive, this study examined productivity of the regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs) under both rate-of-return regulation and price-cap …
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Should South African Airways be privatised given the aviation deregulation policy in South Africa?
… of a commercial concern. These changes included cost cutting strategies and charging economically efficient fares as well as abandoning unprofitable routes. Some personal contact with the SAA Public Relations Officers in Cape Town and Johannesburg was used to gather the data used in the research. …
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Power and Progress in Japan: The Past, Present, and Future of Japan as a Tech Powerhouse
… favor of companies led to a rise in short-term cost-cutting, resulting in a divergence from inclusiveness and innovation in the direction of technology, as well as a breakdown of the productivity bandwagon. This ultimately undermined Japan’s ability to leverage the strengths of its production …
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