Key Drivers

The major drivers of a logistics system include products, customer preferences, technology itmovation, globalization, sustainability, infrastructure, and cost, as shown in Fig. 5.2. A logistics service, whether internal or outsourced, can carve out a competitive niche in terms of how it responds to these key drivers. It can try to responsive to aU the drivers or it can focus on a subset of them. 

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Smaller companies tend to have fewer concerns around, for example, system scalability, global WAN performance, and complex systems integration. They are rather more driven by the pure functionality of the ELN that is addressing the specific scientific disciplines of interest. Key drivers in this sector of the market have been medicinal chemistry departments, where the obvious benefits of searching existing reactions by substructure and reaction transformations, the ability to automate stoichiometry calculations, the ability to load spectral information, etc. have made for easy adoption and clear and realizable benefits. 

Key drivers for innovation in process GC are now leading to the development of micro gas chromatography... 

However, as a general observation, this study demonstrated the feasibility of the integrated modeling approach to couple an environmental multimedia and a PBPK models, considering multi-exposure pathways, and thus the potential applicability of the 2-FUN tool for health risk assessment. The global sensitivity analysis effectively discovered which input parameters and exposure pathways were the key drivers of Pb concentrations in the arterial blood of adults and children. This information allows us to focus on predominant input parameters and exposure pathways, and then to improve more efficiently the performance of the modeling tool for the risk assessment. 

Some of the key drivers responsible for a steady growth in the consumer base of FLs are ... 

Precipitation is a key driver of the hydrological cycle and should be accurately reproduced in simulations, since a wrong representation of precipitation... 

Microsystems is a term first introduced in Europe the late 1980 s and early 1990 s referring to a new generation of miniaturized micro systems consisting of sensing, processing and actuation components. Europe (MST), the USA (MEMS-Micro-ElectroMechanicalSystems) and Japan (MicroMachines) are the key drivers in the development and market introduction of MST products with Europe taking the lead in the commercialisation of MST products. 

Trends in the use of antimicrobials by the plastics industry are reviewed with details of the market by industry, region, types of antimicrobials used, and the industry s distribution system. Also identified are manufacturers and formulators. Regulations regarding the development for new biocides are examined, and expected growth of the global plastic antimicrobial industry is forecasted, together with details of key drivers for the growth. 

Lohse, J., et al. Never Change a Running Process Substitution of Hazardous Chemicals in Products and Processes Definition, Key Drivers and Barriers. Greener Management International. Issue 41,2003... 

A key driver of success in the OTC market is the ability to capitalize on the brand loyalty enjoyed by the prescription product. The number of category shifts to OTC status approved by the FDA has grown over time. At the same time, there are many therapeutic categories where this is not as viable strategy because they would not meet the FDA s requirement on safety for self-medication (e.g., mental health and cancer drugs). The FDA has also declined several product requests for shifts to OTC status, such as anticholesterol drug agents. 

In the 1990s, ECVAM held a forum to vet and evaluate new alternative assays, and developed a list of compounds for testing (24). The key driver for this activity was the fact that DART studies require large numbers of animals. The primary focus of this activity was embryo-fetal toxicity. The list generated from this forum was tested in three assays (later validated by ECVAM) (1) the micromass assay, (2) the rat WEC assay, and (3) the embryonic stem cell test (25). Compounds on the Brown list were classified as either strong, weak, or non-teratogens. The three assays successfully predicted the compound classification about 80% of the time. However, the embryonic stem cell test later performed poorly on a different group of chemicals with known in vivo activities (26). 

In Germany buttery, creamy and balsamic profiles have a long tradition, while vanillin itself represents the key driver for Scandinavia. 

The kind of person we are is undoubtedly a key driver of our managerial performance. The question arises whether you need to be born with certain sorts of qualities in order to manage effectively. How far is it possible to acquire personal qualities or traits that you believe you lack ... 

Identifying, understanding, and managing interrelated processes as a system contribute to the organization s effectiveness and efficiency in achieving its objectives. (Note that every one of the key drivers listed below embed one or more innovation opportunities )... 

As always, in the adoption of technology, science, in the sense of understanding material phenomena, is not enough. It is only in rare cases that the science is so effective and compelling, so obviously meets a need for analysis or diagnosis that it alone drives the development of a market and associated availability of investment capital—and even here, engineering is a key driver of success. 

Historical capital market performance at first glance, historical shareholder returns often appear rather erratic. However, it takes only a little math to create transparency for the key drivers historical shareholder returns can be decomposed into components such as peer group performance and company-specific (excess) performance. 

Determining the full cost of the type of capacity needed to meet demand growth is the cornerstone enabling managers to assess how attractive the returns are likely to be for their business in a given commodity chemical sector. However, it is also possible to dig deeper into the circumstances of individual plants and product lines, production sites, and geographic regions to build up a more detailed picture of the prospects for a business. Here are a number of key drivers that need to be taken into account. 

Feedstock, transportation, and labor cost are all key drivers of regional competitiveness. The cost of different types of feedstock is the least predictable variable, so it is crucial to develop well-informed scenarios before making capacity expansion decisions. The evolution of the competitive landscape, technological discontinuities, and industry conduct (pricing discipline) also need careful monitoring. 

The results of a major market study suggest that biotech could affect at least ten percent of chemical sales by 2010, double today s figure (Fig. 28.1). Prospects are looking brighter than ever before thanks to three key drivers advances in technology, environmental and economic benefits, and the need for innovation in the chemical industry. 

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