Fair price

While these and many other contemporary quality policies would not need to be publicized 20 or so years ago, policy statements are not something new to the automobile industry. The General Motors of the 1920s under the direction of Alfred P Sloan used corporate policy as a means of coordinating the efforts of several divisions. GM s quality policy was to build quality products sold at fair prices and in setting up an Executive Gommittee Sloan wrote on the subject of quality, A carefully designed policy should be... 

An increased likelihood of a fair price for non-fair trade mainstream production. Even if a fair price is paid for only a small part of production, there is often a snowball effect with higher prices paid for the rest of production. 

It needs to be a partnership through the whole agriculture system, with wholesalers and consumers paying fair prices that then assure that farm workers are adequately compensated in an equitable way. The equation of greater social responsibility needs to be integrated though the whole food system (Kupfer 2004). 

The United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CiO and community allies are working on a new initiative with nationally renowned consultants, major retailers, and local growers to develop a formula that will ensure a greater return to the farm gate, guaranteeing fair prices, justice, and dignity to Washington State farmers and farm workers. 

Our immediate and long-term success is dependent on supplying our customers with precision machined parts and products that fully meet their needs, on time, every time, at a fair price. We know that we are not alone in this effort. We must work with our customers to get all infoimation necessary to make sure that we can understand all their requirements. We must work with our suppliers to make sure that all purchased materials and services fully meet the requirements. 

In addition to buying a reliable material at a fair price, the buyer tries to locate sources that channel a portion of their income into research and development which invariably leads to improved materials and better ways of making products. 

I think you re wrong, she said. A unique item is not a bottle of wine or a loaf of bread, for which the state can decree a fair price. It will fetch whatever someone is willing to pay for it, and that is one ducat more than the second-most determined bidder can afford. The winner might not even be the richest bidder at the auction, just the craziest. ... 

One murder to save the world. It s a fair price. Angel did not care for the evil little smirk spreading under De Schalles s shielding hand. As the Lord General might say. ... 

Cotton HA. 1984. Pharmacy for sale How to arrive at a fair price. Curr Concepts Retail Pharm Manag 2 2. 

AN HOUR LATER, Annie and I set forth into the filthy morning to find a trader who would give me a fair price for my possessions. We took the parrot bowl and my father s spyglass as samples. Annie wore her stable-yard pattens, and I carried an ancient umbrella found in the stand by the front door, a tattered silk affair that knocked against her uncomplaining head as we walked. 

To monitor, in large wineries and cooperatives, the sanitary quality of the grapes by FTIR instruments in order to (i) favour with fair pricing the sanitary status of grapes, and (ii) process the grapes accordingly ... 

Qther interesting features of the Canadian system include its 1998 mutual recognition agreement with the EU, prohibition of prescription drug advertising to consumers, a 20-year patent exclusivity period, and the establishment of the PMPRB to ensure fair pricing of medications. ... 

Successful projects determine a fair price, including all three factors, and keep the performance of the work in phase one, where contingency is all that is being expended. 

While standing at the ticket window, the boy had remembered his flock, and decided he should go back to being a shepherd. In two years he had learned everything about shepherding he knew how to shear sheep, how to care for pregnant ewes, and how to protect the sheep from wolves. He knew all the fields and pastures of Andalusia. And he knew what was the fair price for every one of his animals. 

Historically, the price trends of all plastics have been downward—a tribute to the industry s technological and market development advances. However, the plastics industry cannot long survive if it cannot sell its products at a fair price for a reasonable profit. If it is to continue its advancement in the 70 s at the 13-15% growth rate and offer new and improved products to its customers (it is estimated that in the late 70 s, perhaps 50% of the products to be sold are unknown today or not available in large quantities), a proper return on investment must be maintained. 

The court acknowledged the adverse effects its ruling would have on the ability of small firms to obtain fair price transfers of their enterprises. It decided, however, that risk spreading and cost avoidance over time would become the norm for corporate planning. 

Choose fair trade Fairly traded goods ensure that growers get a fair price for their produce, enabling them to gain economic self-sufficiency and security. 

The most difficult step in developing any price control system is the establishment of a fair price. As stated above, in a market for more typical consumer products, the fair price of an item is the result... 

Pharmaco-economic evaluations are new as a tool to control prices. In essence, regulators (or other purchasers) try to establish fair prices on the basis of complicated calculations, taking into account the costs of other treatments, the costs of disease for society and so on. The costs of a drug are thus set against its direct and indirect benefits, as compared with alternative drugs and treatments, and its possible disadvantages and risks. The essential question is how much the drug is worth to the community. 

While there is some place for price negotiations and closed tenders, by far the most successftil means of obtaining fair prices is for a large purchasing agency to buy medicines through an open tendering system. 

U.S. that is certified to guarantee farmers get a fair price also has a separate organic certification, and some certification groups are trying to improve the efficiency of their certification efforts by integrating these programs. 

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