"lean" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He believes that relatively lean inventories mean business executives will have "to run to catch up" when demand is re ignited.
- Ford has lean inventories, he said, but the company is concerned mainly with maintaining its market share.
- Analysts said the lean inventories and low stock-to-sales ratios near the end of 1996 might clear the way for stronger production in the first quarter.
- But lean inventories, while protecting profits, will not deliver strong sales.
- The toy industry is always the most extreme indicator of holiday sales patterns, and lean inventories are quite obvious there.
- "In an era of lean inventory and tight supply chains, the retailer is better off driving sales when consumers are willing to buy."
- Ford continued to have the leanest inventories, with 61 supply days, even though the company has been producing at the limits of its capacity.
- They have easy sales comparisons, lean inventories and are operating fewer new stores.
- Analysts said lean inventories had led to spot shortages that hurt sales.
- Analysts say that retailers, despite already lean inventories, are continuing to cut back, a development affecting many packaged-goods companies.
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