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Brent Arslaner: Taking the Show Off the Road
Tired of long cab lines, bad hotel food and sweaty salesmen pushing their cards into your hand? Brent Arslaner is vice president of marketing for Unisfair, a premiere producer of virtual trade shows. Here, Arslaner talks about not only the increased convienence of taking your show online, but also the...
Tags: ROI, cost reduction, virtual trade shows, Unisfair, Technology, Manufacturing, Managerial Accounting, Finance, Food & Beverage, Roi/Tco, Brent Arslaner
Videos 2007-11-20
Improving Customer Loyalty
Retaining customer loyalty is vital to the long-term success and profitability of your business. With industry consolidation, increasing competition, and changes in the marketplace, you need to work harder than ever to maintain a strong customer base. Improving customer loyalty is an essential element in customer retention. What You...
Tags: auditing, benefit, BNET Editorial, Business, Channel Management, Community, consulting, Cost Reduction, Customer, Customer Loyalty, customer relationship, customer retention, decision-making, Industry Experience, Information, Internet, Management, market research, Marketing, Marketing Research, Newsletter, performance, Product, Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Service, Strategy, supplier, supply chain, survey, team, Web Site Development
Articles 2007-10-10
Varsity Group Inc. Announces Cost Reductions
Varsity Group Inc. (NASDAQ: VSTY) today announced a cost reduction program geared to reduce its cost structure and focus on its core businesses. "While Varsity Group will continue to invest in and support our customers' needs, we believe it is in the best interests of our customers and...
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Research articles 2006-12-13
Applied Materials Announces Cost Reduction Plan
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) today announced a global cost reduction plan that primarily affects its semiconductor equipment and services businesses and related support organizations. As part of the plan the company will reduce its global workforce by approximately 1,000 positions or about 7%, through a combination...
Tags: Applied Materials Inc., cost reduction
Research articles 2008-01-15
RAE Systems Implements Cost Reductions
RAE Systems Inc. (AMEX: RAE), a leader in delivering innovative sensor solutions to serve industrial, energy, environmental and government safety markets worldwide, announced a ten percent reduction of its Americas' workforce. After recording approximately $100,000 in severance costs in the first quarter of 2008, the company expects to save...
Tags: cost reduction, RAE Systems
Research articles 2008-03-28
American Airlines presents labour cost reduction proposals to TWU
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Tags: American Airlines, cost reduction
Research articles 2003-03-04
Accenture Survey of Information Technology Executives Finds Improving Service Vies with Cost Reduction as Top Challenge
LONDON -- An Accenture (NYSE: ACN) survey has found that information technology executives are beginning to focus almost as much on improving service provided to their companies as on cost reduction by consolidating and standardizing infrastructure.
Tags: Accenture Ltd., cost reduction, information technology, survey
Research articles 2006-12-06
As General Motors Corp. wraps up its current three-year cost reduction program aimed at reducing its $85 billion global spend by 20%, it is launching another.(tip sheet: KEY METRICS AND SUPPLY ALERT)(Brief Article)
As General Motors Corp. wraps up its current three-year cost reduction program aimed at reducing its $85 billion global spend by 20%, it is launching another. The new plan, scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter, ... As General Motors Corp. wraps up its...
Tags: cost reduction, General Motors Corp.
Research articles 2005-10-06
Sharper Image Provides Update on Cost Reduction and Productivity Enhancement Initiatives
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sharper Image Corporation (NASDAQ:SHRP) provided an update today on the Company's cost reduction and productivity enhancement initiatives.
Tags: cost reduction, Sharper Image Corp.
Research articles 2006-03-27
Cost reduction essential to competition: a global look at costs gives the big picture and a big advantage.(SUPPLY CHAIN PRACTICES)(Lexmark International Inc.)(Column)
CAN EFFECTIVE SUPPLY-chain management help deliver substantial cost reductions year over year while continuing to achieve substantial improvements in cash-to-cash cycle time and customer satisfaction? While these objectives can sometimes seem mutuall CAN EFFECTIVE SUPPLY-chain management help deliver substantial cost reductions year over year while...
Tags: cost reduction, Lexmark International Inc., supply chain
Research articles 2005-12-16
H&R Block Implements Cost Reduction Program
Company Plans to Lower Costs $110 Million Annually
Tags: cost reduction, H&R Block Inc.
Research articles 2008-01-31
Digimarc Corporation Schedules Conference Call for June 15 to Provide Update on Recent Cost Reductions and Productivity Improvements
BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq:DMRC) announced today that it will host a conference call on Thursday, June 15 at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET to discuss in greater detail the nature of the cost reductions and productivity improvements the Company has implemented and the effect of these...
Tags: cost reduction, Digimarc Corp.
Research articles 2006-06-08
Versata Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2005 Financial Results and Announces Cost Reduction Plan
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Versata, Inc. (Pink Sheets:VATA), a provider of business rules technology for the development of agile business applications, today reported financial results for the fiscal third quarter ended July 31, 2005. The company also announced a comprehensive cost reduction plan that includes closing some locations and a company-wide...
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Research articles 2005-09-14
Lufthansa and TrenStar ULD Management Joint Venture Offers Airlines Annual Cost Reductions
Business Editors
Tags: cost reduction, Lufthansa
Research articles 2004-06-15
Cost reduction a top concern in auto industry.(Brief Article)
Cost reduction remains the top challenge to the automobile industry, according to a survey of automotive engineers and designers sponsored jointly by DuPont Automotive and the Society of Automotive Engineers. Fifty percent of auto engineers a Cost reduction...
Tags: cost reduction, DuPont Co.
Research articles 2000-05-01
Diamond Multimedia Announces Restructuring; Redeploying Resources to More Proprietary Product Lines
SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 12, 1998--Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIMD), a leader in interactive multimedia and PC entertainment, today announced plans to implement a cost reduction program in its base business, including a reduction in force of approximately 20% of its combined full time and temporary work force. In...
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Research articles 1998-11-13
EMC Comments On Third Quarter and Cost Reductions
Business/Technology Editors
Tags: cost reduction, EMC Corp.
Research articles 2001-09-20
Bayer's Rx: innovation; emphasis is on global collaboration, rethinking old approaches, tackling big new areas such as fleet costs, and achieving aggressive objectives. (Strategic Sourcing).(Bayer Corp )
Bayer Corp. initiated 750 cost reduction projects in 2001 and 2002 in the NAFTA region, netting cost reductions of more than $125 million, procurement officers said in recent interviews in Pittsburgh. In some cases Bayer buyers took new approaches Bayer Corp. initiated 750...
Tags: Bayer AG, collaboration, cost reduction, NAFTA, strategic sourcing
Research articles 2003-02-06
Pan Terra Progressing With Restructuring Initiatives.
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Feb 13, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Pan Terra Industries Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PNT) ("Pan Terra" or the "Company") announces today that as part of the Companies on-going restructuring and cost reduction efforts CALGARY, ALBERTA, Feb 13, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Pan ...
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Research articles 2006-02-13
Alcoa delivers one-two punch: lower costs and lower overhead. (Strategic Sourcing).(procurement department leads cost reduction)
After banking $1.1 billion in cost savings between 1998-2000, Alcoa, the Pittsburgh-based maker of aluminum and aluminum products, has promised its investors another $1 billion worth of cost reduction by 2003. And it's asking its procurement organi After banking $1.1 billion in cost savings...
Tags: Alcoa Inc., cost reduction, procurement, strategic sourcing
Research articles 2002-09-05
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