Large operations had a lower within-herd prevalence of cows with locomotion score ≥2 and locomotion score = 3 compared with small or medium-sized operations.
Three things small firms should be thinking about are affordability, ease of use and whether or not the technology actually fits the business, says John Antunes, a director of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) operations at business software firm SAP.
He also vowed to take on the more egregious excesses of corporate agribusiness practices - especially the anti-competitive measures that drive small and medium-sized livestock and poultry operations out of business, leaving the playing field wide open to corporate-controlled "Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) - better known as factory farms.
Stitch Labs, the startup founded in 2011 to help small and medium-sized businesses manage their sales operations, has raised $3.5 million in Series A financing.
In fact, undesirable events and unwanted setbacks (internal and external) in day-to-day operations are common in small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs; Islam [2008]).
A joint memorandum of understanding on nuclear power was also agreed, involving small and medium-sized firms in the nuclear supply chain and co-operation between researchers on both sides of the Channel.
Access to credit and proper credit scoring is a problem that's bedeviled small and medium-sized businesses since the financial crisis, when most banks began shedding their small business lending operations.
Launching officially today, Weave is on a mission to help small and medium-sized businesses upgrade their telecom systems and connect the many disparate services they use in day-to-day operations under one roof.
While the risk of cyber attacks is growing, it's important for small and medium-sized businesses to keep perspective and focus on the real threats that are most likely to target their operations.
eBridge has been in operation since 2003, using technology and a service-oriented approach to help small and medium-sized businesses maximize their visibility on the Web.
