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- Rationalization
- the application of efficiency or effectiveness measures to an organization. Rationalization can occur at the onset of a downturn in an organization's performance or results. It usually takes the form...
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- Oldsmobiles & SKU rationalization: there are tough decisions to be made. Often, people aren't even confronting the questions.(Warren's Wanderings)(Column)
- My wife and I were thinking of trading in our old Subaru, since at 140,000 miles it's starting to wear. So one day I saw a brand new 2004 Oldsmobile Alero GL sedan for 54 percent off, or $9,970. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- The Challenge of Modernity: German Social and Cultural Studies, 1890-1960
- The Challenge of Modernity: German Social and Cultural Studies, 1890-1960. By Adelheid von Saldern (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2002. xxii plus 383 pp. $64.50). Adelheid von Saldern belongs to a small group of German female senior historians who, in the past thirty years, have initiated pioneering...
- Research articles 2004-09-22
- The self-deceiving muse: fiction and the rationalistic dictates of the present.(Critical Essay)
- One The present-ness of character in fictional narrative figures an inherently conflicted temporality. No one would dispute that plot conflict epitomizes tensions between moments in time as much as conflicts between persons. But our way of construing the thematic sense of narrative fictions,...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- The Secular Revolution.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Edited by CHRISTIAN SMITH. University of California Press. 484 pp. $24.95 paper. Secularization didn't just happen. Those who wanted it to happen, who worked to make it happen, tell us that it just happened. They use terms such as modernization, differentiation, and rationalization...
- Research articles 2003-11-01
- Mexican Government To Stick To Planned Budget Deficit.
- MEXICO CITY, Sep 3, 2001 Mexico's federal government will attempt to respect the limit of the budget deficit authorized by Congress, at 0.65 percent of Gross Domestic Product GDP, through continued application of disciplinary steps, austerity programs, rationalization, and transparency, which will demonstrate...
- Research articles 2001-09-03
- Crew Development: Southern African Mining Operations Profitable; Rationalization of the Ownership Structure Underway
- VANCOUVER, British Columbia--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 21, 1998--Crew Development (TSE:CRU.) (VSE:CRU.) (FRANKFURT:KNC.F) Chibuluma South Bankable Feasibility Study Confirms Technical and Economic Viability Metorex, the...
- Research articles 1998-09-21
- Standard Register to Close Kentucky Plant
- DAYTON, Ohio--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 11, 1998--As part of Standard Register's ongoing rationalization of production capacity, the document management company today announced the immediate closing of its Fulton, Kentucky rotary plant and consolidation of operations with plants in close proximity. Aimed at maximizing operational efficiency, the action is...
- Research articles 1998-09-11
- JAMAICA: US$28 MILLION FOR PUBLIC SECTOR MODERNIZATION.
- The Government said October 10 it has received a US$28.4 million loan from the World Bank for a Public Sector Modernization Project. The project will: a improve the function of central agencies; b continue the rationalization of Government, c strengthen procurement and contract systems; and d...
- Research articles 1996-11-01
- Major rationalization at Perkins Papers Ltd
- KINGSEY FALLS, Quebec--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 26, 1995--CASCADES INC.(ME, TSE: CAS ME: PKN) Perkins Papers Ltd. ("Perkins") announces a major rationalization at its tissue paper mill in Candiac, Quebec.Having suffered severe losses at this mill over the past three years, management at Perkins has decided to eliminate operations which are losing money...
- Research articles 1995-09-26
- Barbados: A $25 million Structural Adjustment Loan
- A $25 million Structural Adjustment Loan SAL is being sought from the World Bank. It would support trade liberalization, tax reform, rationalization of public expenditures, including a review of the Government's divestment program, and support social policies and safety net. The loan would complement...
- Research articles 1992-08-01
- Kraft Foods Announces Asia Pacific Biscuits Manufacturing Rationalization
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- Research articles 2001-12-11
- The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr. End 6/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question is from the Greg Badishkanian from Citigroup. Greg Badishkanian - Citigroup On the sales front, excluding currency sales were down sort of low single digit. I am wondering are there any adjustments there, no acquisition, is there anything we should consider...
- Earnings calls 2009-08-25
- Central Garden & Pet Company F3Q09 (Qtr End 06/27/09) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from the line of Joe Altobello of Oppenheimer. Joe Altobello - Oppenheimer First question is on the, the top line. This year you are down, I guess year-to-date about 2 or 3% or so. How much of that is...
- Earnings calls 2009-08-05
- Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instruction Your first question comes from Michael Cox - Piper Jaffray. Michael Cox - Piper Jaffray My first question is on the restructuring. It seems that the dollar benefit from the restructuring efforts per dollar of rationalization charges, if you will is...
- Earnings calls 2009-04-28
- Sourcing Analytics: Lowering Material Costs and Ensuring Quality
- Optiva Sourcing Analytics gives process manufacturers capabilities to manage material rationalization in a more structured way by automating the business processes to review and identify the best candidates for rationalization; provide risk, business and technical feasibility and effort analysis to support rationalization; route candidates for executive approval, resource commitment and...
- White papers 2005-03-08
- Value Chain Report -- Cats & Dogs: Objective Approaches To SKU Rationalization (Part 1)
- The article is about two-dimension inventory-efficiency model analysis. At its core, the two-dimension inventory efficiency technique is an analysis of usage value and order frequency applied to the product mix to determine current inventory investment vs. fill rate performance. It explains SKU, if the firm is like most, it...
- White papers 2002-10-07
- Teledyne Technologies Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Michael Lewis – BB&T Capital Markets. Michael Lewis – BB&T Capital Markets Robert, I was wondering if we could kind of talk about the cost rationalization that we've witnessed. We've seen significant fixed...
- Earnings calls 2009-10-22
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- AMD cuts jobs in Penang in rationalization, BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 09-27-2001 AMERICAN chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD is set to lay off more than half of its 2,500 employees in Penang as part of a rationalization of its global operations. The retrenchment is one...
- Research articles 2001-09-27
- Achieving SOX Cost Reductions Through Controls Rationalization
- As financial services organizations move past the initial years of Sarbanes-Oxley SOX corporate governance compliance, they face pressures to reduce compliance costs without compromising the safeguards that their internal control structure provides. This paper will uncover recent SOX trends, including a movement towards controls rationalization and aligning SOX with other...
- White papers 2006-05-12
- MMI Announces Support for Unisys Exploration of Portfolio Rationalization
- NEW YORK -- MMI Investments, L.P. today announced that it supports Unisys Corporation's decision to explore with Bear Stearns, its investment banker, certain portfolio rationalization and other actions that may enhance shareholder value. MMI also supports the decision to delay the 2008 Annual Meeting in order to allow additional time...
- Research articles 2008-02-19
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