NLH wrote the code to incorporate SNP data into the PRFdb, and also helped to streamline operation of the database.
But the company also said layoffs were likely, citing the economy, the use of Internet technology to streamline operations, the acquisition of Honeywell International and the bankruptcy of Montgomery Ward.
"It's clear we will need fewer jobs," Gary Sheffer, a G.E. spokesman, said yesterday, citing the economy, the use of Internet technology to streamline operations, the acquisition of Honeywell International and the Montgomery Ward bankruptcy.
In an interview, Ms. Mason said the changes were merely efforts to streamline operations as part of a new strategic plan for the agency that includes new mission and vision statements.
BP said 2015 will see it streamline operations at a cost of one billion US dollars (£638 million), a continuation of the downsizing that began following the Gulf of Mexico disaster in 2010.
The best alternative for many of these once-popular teen retailers has been to streamline operations under the management of private equity firms.
Direction of the company was passing to persons unrelated to the du Ponts, and the company's structure was changing: after 1940 only one chief executive was a du Pont (1962 67), and the company underwent extensive departmental reorganizations in 1967 and 1973 76, largely to streamline operations in the face of stiffening foreign competition.
Rakesh and his team, in their effort to streamline operations, reduced the number of stock holding points to five and delivery hubs to four.
And with Zara expecting a Q4 sales slowdown as Forbes reported in late February, Zara may be even more focused on the need to streamline operations and stay ahead of the competition.
Those moves are intended to further streamline operations after the merger of Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc. in October 2001.
