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If you have never changed your electricity supplier before, switching to a green supplier will either work out the same or cheaper.

Tim Wolfenden

You come up with the concept. You come up with the visuals for it. Then you hire a supplier, like a director, or a photographer or an illustrator to execute it.

Andy Hirsch

We want to help make the wafer-size transition as efficient and cost-effective as possible, by involving a wide range of industry players-especially the equipment supplier community.

Scott Kramer

In the short term, natural gas suppliers might feel they have an enormous amount of leverage. In almost every instance, that position was a flawed obsession, revealing the gas producer to be an unreliable supplier.

David Victor

Store and brand loyalty--a winning combination for retailer and supplier--increase when trading partners collaborate and share sales data with each other, improving customer satisfaction and building destination-faithful traffic.

Jane Hoffer

We conducted an analysis and went through every question and weighted all the answers. We also considered our gut feeling about which system and supplier we felt the most comfortable with.

David Coates

We just want to make our demands very clear and explicit to the administration. The [Designated Supplier Program] is an integral part of ensuring workers' rights.

Ben Brewer

American industry spends a lot of time on cost accounting, and they do so because it gives them so much more control. But the health system rewards inefficiency. It's not a competitive system where the supplier names the price -- as a doctor, you can't determine the price, Medicare quotes it for you.... When the one saying it is as big a gorilla as Medicare, you say, 'I'll take it.'

Regina Herzlinger

They (the supplier) are getting a better order. To the degree that you don't have an inventory build-up...everybody benefits.

Gene Glazer

What is different about this case and very sad is that a mother was candidly talking to detectives about allowing her 16-year-old to pick up drugs from her supplier.

Sgt. Judy Phillips

A lot of uncertainty remains in how the Iranian situation will work itself out. There is some concern in the Asian market on whether Iran is a reliable supplier.

Victor Shum

Since declining over the past week, it is our opinion that the shares of each microprocessor supplier sufficiently discount potentially slower PC sell-through as well as the potential for aggressive pricing this winter. We continue to receive confirmation of strong notebook PC and server demand, even if desktops are less clear.

Rick Whittington

The relations between Egypt and Nubia were incredibly complex. To the Egyptians, at various times, Nubia represented a trading partner, an enemy in war, a supplier of troops, a conquered colony and even a conqueror.

Gil Stein

Up until this past year, we were competing for business that was set up for a total interiors supplier. When customers changed direction, it really affected the investments we made.

Robert Rossiter

In that short time, this innovative, unique philosophy has been infused into literally every aspect of our business practices both internally and throughout our entire supplier network, and has had a resounding impact on our organization, customers and suppliers.

Rick Schwartz

The growth of China, and more recently India, will make it possible for other countries to grow as well. Latin America, for example, has become a major supplier for China. So China's growth is stimulating growth in Latin America, which is fantastic for them.

Clyde Prestowitz

As the leading global supplier of notebook cases and accessories, we're pleased to take advantage of this licensing program for input product technologies.

Michael Greco

With an increasing awareness of safe sex in China, Chinese condom makers should shift its role from an international cheap material supplier to a brand maker.

Jiang Youpan

Our customers are dramatically impacting their businesses through supplier and customer data management. In general, the marketplace is learning to leverage data more effectively. The results can be translated directly into savings, lower risks, improved revenue and profitability -- all the result of better business decisions.

Phil Berkebile

We have made a sustained commitment to strengthening and growing our relationships with minority and women-owned businesses in an effort to seek out expertise and skills from two of the fastest growing business segments, recognizing that our future success is dependent on our ability to build diverse supplier relationships today.

Mike Bush

The Internet allows data to just flow from the retailer to the supplier system.

Sharon Gardner

If a company bids enough, it can exclude all other competitors, leaving airlines with only one possible supplier and passengers with no choice. Experience shows that if a company has the chance to buy a monopoly license, it will pay a premium for it. That is because it allows them, with one fell swoop, to ensure that competitors will not be able to keep prices down or force them to innovate.

Michael Copps

If you're printing 1,000 tags monthly, about a medium size supplier, you are probably spending between $3 and $4 per tag. This includes software, hardware, integration, and servers to manage the data. We come out with a capital cost of about $60,000.

John Keenan

Business conditions especially in the PC supplier area were picking up in August.

Dan Scovel

Having been a Home Depot supplier for many years, I am well aware of how the company has established itself as a true retailing leader.

Robert Nardelli

Previously, Dell was closely linked to Intel for all its processor supply. Dell is actually working closely with AMD as a supplier of microprocessors for their systems to a bigger level than we've seen in the past, but Intel is still dominating.

Brian Matus

Using this module, a supplier could make a decision to take inventory from one distribution center and send it to another or put the shipment of products on an expedited basis.

Greg Mekjian

Bayer is stepping up its concentration on nanotechnology. Our goal is to become a developer and supplier of nanotechnology on the global markets for precision materials, healthcare and nutrition. By optimizing our transfer of know-how, we can identify synergies, make recommendations for research and discover new business opportunities.

Dr. Harald Pielartzik

Unfortunately I had to leave my favorite paper supplier because their toilet paper costs went out of control.

Jennifer Smith

This is a significant win for us and it cements our position as a pre-eminent supplier of property management services in the public sector. Transit has placed its trust in us and we are delighted to be working in partnership with them.

Brandon Smith

What it might just do is move whatever gauging is going on back to the supplier or the refinery. If it has any positive effects, they are probably more symbolic than real.

Peter Andersen

In 2005 we were the world's most successful supplier of premium automobiles and in the first two months of 2006 we have further increased our lead over our competitors. This is a good basis from which to defend our leadership position this year.

Michael Ganal

We have listened to the market and developed the first-of-its-kind 'Quick Start' program to help the automotive supplier community quickly cut costs by enabling leaner processes. With these easily deployed, low-cost, no risk offerings, we expect the tier one community to quickly adopt our technology further building out our automotive ecosystem upstream to suppliers.

Gary Latham

Heat is anybody's guess, ... We don't know what it will be tomorrow. But we will be talking to Open Flow (the district's natural gas supplier) to try to get a prediction.

Susan Fisher

To me, if they (major retailers) are able to scare off a supplier from doing it, why not do it, because you are eliminating (a) potential competitive channel.

Mark Larson

Kimberly-Clark's selection of Avery Dennison RFID for its Gen 2 implementation came after rigorous testing of the AD-220 inlay product on a variety of SKUs in our EPC-certified lab. We were looking for a supplier who provided a quality and cost-effective product and had an in-depth understanding of the potential benefits RFID offers.

Gary Clement

In seeking clarity on such clandestine activities, the international community must focus not merely on recipient states but on supplier states as well; otherwise our global non-proliferation effort would be undermined by charges of motivated selectivity and discrimination.

Shyam Saran

We earn exactly the same regardless of the supplier. Our recommendations are completely unbiased, with the results listed strictly in price order.

Karen Darby

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for. A product is not quality because it is hard to make and costs a lot of money, as manufacturers typically believe.

Peter F. Drucker

We're more than just a supplier to the trucking industry. We have always focused on helping to improve the trucking industry by offering innovative solutions, and we feel the need to do more than business-as-usual in this case. By helping to fund this specific program, we hope to make a positive difference.

Bill Greubel

We are delighted to be named as the Preferred Supplier of Ferry Services to The Ryder Cup 2006 which promises to be one of the greatest sporting occasions that Ireland has ever witnessed. Out extensive route network and choice of craft between Britain and Ireland has helped us secure this prestigious contract.

Michael Mcgrath

The first batch of product from the Chinese supplier was fine. The second batch, however, was not.

Philip Toy

As far as their marketing goes, that's marketing. We continue to have a very solid relationship with Intel and nothing has changed in that respect. We probably are their largest customer; we shipped 10 million systems in the fourth quarter. I don't think any supplier is going to ignore a customer that is building that many systems and using that many of their parts in them.

Jess Blackburn

No doubt, this is a critical period for us, because we've always been the number one supplier of fresh fruit. We're all just waiting for the next step.

Doug Bournique

EDS continues to be a very strategic IT supplier to GM. We expect that EDS will continue to provide and improve our world-class capabilities while reducing our costs globally.

Ralph Szygenda

ASN combines the extensive supplier research assessment and negotiation capabilities of A.T. Kearney with the collaboration, content exchange, and sourcing enablement of UGS technologies and the far reaching business experience and recognized quality services of TCS to offer low-cost country sourcing as a packaged solution.

Joseph Raudabaugh

The direct vs. indirect decision is so huge, ... As soon as you change the model, your existing channel thinks about changing suppliers. In the case of GM, will the independent dealers leave GM and go to another car supplier?

Tom Dwyer

Mendocino is definitely a company to watch. With an established pedigree of enterprise storage domain expertise, and a distribution model that delivers application and data recovery solutions to enterprises through trusted supplier partners, Mendocino is well positioned to provide solutions that can meet the most stringent recovery requirements.

Arun Taneja

Being named a GBS Eagle affirms our position as a leader in the supply chain finance market. By connecting the Buyer, Supplier and Capital Markets, our solutions help customers optimize working capital throughout their financial supply chain. These innovative solutions have contributed to our rapid growth.

Joseph Juliano

The January survey results imply that trade conditions may not be as vigorous as they were in 2004 and 2005, but expectations are still quite high. Fewer new orders and a slow down in supplier delivery negatively affected trade conditions in January.

Richard Downing

China is part of our global supplier network. These are business decisions made based on cost, quality and the capability of the supplier.

Rob Laird

Our mission is to be the leading-edge supplier of healthy pet foods for dogs and cats. We have helped some of the most finicky eaters, but more importantly, we have helped thousands of dogs and cats live longer and healthier lives through proper, advanced nutrition.

Ron Mayert

I understand the manufacturers don't want the supplier network, and I can understand why.

Jim Roddey

P.P.COM should have protected every pre-paid or fixed-price customer with a firm contract from a supplier. No one in the industry should be allowed to put its customers' welfare at risk by speculating on oil prices.

Mike Crosby

Exposing utility customers to the risks of higher market-based rates - when they don't have any choices and can't shop around or switch to a less expensive supplier - could unfairly add more than a billion dollars per year to electric bills paid by household and business.

Lisa Madigan

Renee brings tremendous breadth of experience to Tower. Her energy, insight, and international depth will be crucial as Tower Automotive emerges from reorganization and continues to grow as a successful global automotive supplier.

Kathleen Ligocki

The listing underlines our commitment to our employees, and customers in the U.S., where we have more than 40 percent of our business today, ... It will mark the next step in the development of Marconi as a leading global broadband communications equipment supplier.

George Simpson

Distributors must be willing to invest in engineering resource, to differentiate their offering and to provide balance by adding value for both customer and supplier.

Steve Rawlins

Eight years ago we weren't seen as a core supplier to retailers of MP3 players, TVs and cell phones. Now we are, and we need to broaden that.

David Steel

This strategic move will further strengthen our position as a safety and systems supplier to the automotive industry and will give us a real push forward in automotive electronics.

Manfred Wennemer

Companies have to recognize that environmental compliance has become a way of life. Your ability to manage compliance issues has to become part of your supplier management.

Peter West

As the number one U.S. supplier of PCs, Dell is committed to bringing the best wireless technology to its customers and is taking an active role in developing this and other key technologies.

Carl Everett

Companies cannot make a difference if they look at the problem as just sales rep-to-doctor, or parts supplier-into-production. But if they understand it from a product flow view, they can build a demand-driven supply chain. The doctor becomes the demand signal.

Chris Holt

VeriFone delivers innovative, highly reliable payment system solutions that add value and speed to the point of sale. VeriFone is a premium supplier that fits well with our philosophy of providing customers the best service and products available.

Chris Lee

American workers like those at Boeing and its supplier companies aren't asking for a handout, or a leg up. They are asking for a chance at fair competition.

Todd Akin

While we would certainly prefer to be the single supplier of helmets to the Army, we realize that was unlikely to happen with this latest bid, given the military's desire to not limit production to an exclusive manufacturer.

William Lambert

You don't decide to build a church because you have money in the bank. You build because God says this is what I should do. Faith is the supplier of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.

Jim Bakker

I had one supplier who had a major, major problem for over two or three weeks, and I think it's caused him a lot of problems.

Chris Wood

We waited to see if the price would come down. In April we got a call from our supplier. The price was $1.36/gal. We thought it would probably go down. So we decided to wait.

Gary Porter

Once you have a flavor in mind, it's really about what your supplier can give you. The more exotic ones are made by adding a mixture to a background flavor.

Robert Marshall

Carriers don't like their futures dependent on a single vendor. They may only buy from one vendor, but they want a choice. So it's very important to have a standard that gives them the security to know they can go to another supplier and the equipment will interoperate.

Paul Sergeant

We are still in the early stages here. Almost every day, there is another supplier filing for bankruptcy. We are continuing to make acquisitions.

Wilbur Ross

Anybody who is competing with an Asian supplier is going to have a real profit problem, ... We've seen a continuation of American corporations announcing either that their customers in Asia can't pay or that their competitors in Asia are cutting prices, so it's really tough on the industrial sector.

Richard Hoey

You're going to see production declines by both GM and Ford through 2008. That's going to have a negative impact on any supplier that has a large dependence on GM and Ford.

Brad Rubin

This is the most serious single event in two years of trauma for energy consumers. British Gas is not only the biggest supplier, it has the greatest number of customers using pre-payment meters and the highest number of customers on the priority service register, who are the most vulnerable consumers.

Allan Asher

If somebody's got a problem with a supermarket they should go to the supermarket. Under the code it is for the supplier to go to the supermarket and say the code has been breached. They can then go to mediation – using a mediator.

Julia Smith

I've made a few prototypes and I'm working to get the production costs down. I've had preliminary meetings with my hat supplier.

Keith Crochiere

The inspector discovered the supplier actually changed the manufacturing process without telling the railroad.

Philip Toy

I don't want India to become a nuclear supplier to Indonesia and the Middle East.

Rep. Rob Andrews

Suppliers get a view into our needs and expectations and can then help to educate our engineering folks about what they can expect of the supplier.

Jerry Griffin

You're stuck with one supplier.

Mario Morales

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for. A product is not quality because it is hard to make and costs a lot of money, as manufacturers typically believe. This is incompetence. Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality.

Peter F. Drucker

We think of it as manufacturing logistics. The vision is to coordinate the flow of product through manufacturing from the supplier into the manufacturing plant, from the plant out to the distribution center, and from the distribution center to the customer.

Chad Collins

We selected RSI ID Technologies because of the high-yield rate on their tags, customized intelligent antenna design, strict quality control standards and the capability to expand its technology to meet our increasing tag levels. For us, performance and price were the key factors in selecting a RFID label supplier.

Gary Clement

We have a rich, world-class, unique-to-the-world... supplier base here.

Pete Gustaf

We are pleased to have been selected by Azure Dynamics for this particular project. Azure Dynamics has done an excellent job identifying early adopting markets for alternative electric and hybrid electric technologies. Our technologies and products are a great fit for their particular applications and we look forward to continuing to be an important supplier to Azure Dynamics.

Millard Firebaugh

I think Russia now will be mindful of its reputation as a secure energy supplier.

Malcolm Wicks

Iran will not bend. Iran will be a nuclear fuel producer and supplier within a decade.

Cyrus Nasseri

Tyco's consistent commitment to operational efficiencies and marketing initiatives makes them the logical choice. As our largest IP&E supplier partner we look forward to continuing to work with Tyco to focus on the support of our mutual customers as well as marketing their broad range of products.

Pat Wastal

We believe the loss of the primary silicon supplier for their Marlboro facility will negatively impact margins through fiscal year 2006.

Kurt Hallead

Right now we're under contract from our supplier so we're not so much worried about the price as we are the availability, ... We'll have to talk to all our departments about conserving and the emergency vehicles, there will be gas held back for them. … We may not be cutting grass as much.

Sam Wright

As a supplier, an ability to operate in multiple geographic locations simultaneously is a competitive edge.

Tom Lasorda

Greg is an outstanding executive with a wealth of global supply chain management experience. As we continue to grow the company into more diverse geographies and markets, and as we are faced with an increasingly challenging global cost environment, it will be critical to have someone with Greg's experience on our team to help us leverage our supplier relationships and better serve customers.

Brad Richardson

Lattice is coming in as the number three supplier, so we've got a lot of room to make up. We have to be better at a lower price.

Stan Kopec

I'm really not the bling king, ... I'm the No. 1 supplier and designer for bling kings.

Jacob Arabo

Australia has to be the beneficiary of the situation in Indonesia. Australia is perceived as a blue-chip supplier with huge reserves upside, while all its key competitors in the Pacific Basin supply business have got some sort of issue.

Frank Harris

The picture is not rosy that California will increase as an incremental supplier.

Joe Sparano

There are all kinds of new people managing new brands, products and supplier relationships. That's a challenge.

John Shiely

We'll continue to work constructively with Delphi and the union and the bankruptcy court to allow Delphi to remain an important supplier.

Jerry Dubrowski

Dell is a supply chain driven, keep it simple, keep it high volume supplier and anything else doesn't fit their business. Once you get into a more consultative sell it really doesn't fit their business model.

Brian Cox

That's a big problem. You need to understand you're outsourcing to obtain results from that third party and you should be measuring to the results you expect, not the activity the supplier will go through to get those results.

Peter Mcadam

I won't stand for a gas supplier leaning on a local station to hike prices, ... Consumers and businesses are already paying more than ever before for gas. They don't need gas prices hiked even more by somebody trying to make a fast buck.

Roy Cooper

While the United States is a significant supplier to the South Korean food and fiber market, U.S. competitors such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada are securing greater shares of the South Korean market.

Chris Garza

The steps they are talking about seem to make sense, given the state of the supplier industry and their customers. Plant closures and headcount reductions are something they have to do if they are going to reorganize.

John Novak

It is very important that customer orders are fulfilled and we are working with the supplier base, which is being very supportive, to achieve this.

Alan Hudson

Typically, a supplier would come back to us four or five months later with some mock-ups. The Lear folks took 30 days, and it was as if they had taken the ideas right out of our brains.

Linda Cook

Russia is risking losing credibility as a reliable energy supplier by cutting off supplies to an external customer on the same day it takes over as leader of the G-8.

Chris Weafer

A typical vehicle has 20,000 parts. A minority supplier can provide any of those parts.

Jethro Joseph

The market is changing so that it's not so much about an individual slice of the product stack at this point. It's more about customers saying, 'We want you to be our end-to-end supplier, not just somebody who is solving one part of the problem for us'.

Peter O'kelly

It's certainly possible he ran into debt with his supplier.

Lindy Urso

If a person is out here and they want to get into the supplier business, this puts them in close proximity to a major automotive plant.

Russell Vandiver

Now we are a lot more efficient at collecting and aggregating spend information by supplier, by commodity, by customer, by product.

Everett Tucker

The sourcing organization found a manufacturing supplier in China that specialized in making boots. You can design the best boots in the world, but if your factory does not have the capability to make it, then you are stuck.

Eldon Griggs

Our plan is to have a range of both cars and commercial vehicles. The likelihood is our supplier won't be just one company, but a number of companies from whom we'll assemble a range. They are going to be cheaper than a similar Korean vehicle but they won't be hugely cheaper, because they will be built to above-average quality, technology and safety standards.

Edward Rowe

All of our raw material suppliers must be approved by McDonald's and have to meet certain standards outlined by them. We conduct regular supplier audits on animal welfare and cleanliness; slaughterhouses must meet high standards as well. When and if we do find a problem, it is never a 'gotcha' scenario. We work together with our suppliers to resolve any problems.

Fred Sanchez