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Productivity at the core: How COOs deliver strategy

McKinsey

percent annually between 1997 and 2002 to 1.6 percent between 2002 and 2007. Operations leaders can also find new approaches to increase asset reliability, including through refined preventive and predictive maintenance  programs and enhanced root-cause problem-solving capabilities. percent in the decade between 2012 and 2022.

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Slashing Costs: Missouri School District Shares Experience with Propane

NGT News

Since it replaced aging diesel buses with propane autogas buses, the Grain Valley School District in Missouri has been saving money on fuel and maintenance costs. In 2018, the district decided to purchase 14 IC Bus CE Series propane autogas buses to replace diesel buses of 2001 and 2002 model years. The new buses joined […].

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Frontline of the future: Are you building your future workforce now?

McKinsey

percent between 1997 and 2002. Simulation-based preventive maintenance training, enabled through the use of virtual reality (VR) technology, replicates rigorous conditions and real-life scenarios. The initiative boosted technician competency and cut the maintenance backlog by 11 percent. percent growth.

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What Advisors Can Expect From Leadership Changes At The SEC

SmartBrief

New Chair Paul Atkins served as SEC Commissioner from 2002 to 2008 and was known for advocating for market efficiencies and reducing regulatory burden, along with applying principal-based guidelines. SmartBrief: How may SEC leadership changes affect advisors? Michelle L.

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Louisiana’s Sabine River Authority Not Entitled To Sovereign Immunity

The Energy Law

The Fifth Circuit’s ruling in Bonin will impact future flood-damage litigation by making it easier for plaintiff landowners to bring claims against various State River Authorities for decisions made in the maintenance, conservation, and supervision of dams, reservoirs, rivers, and streams in their respective watersheds. Hawkins , 381 F.3d

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Louisiana Second Circuit Addresses: (1) Creation of Mineral Servitudes Via Notarial Acts of Correction; (2) Obstacles Suspending the Prescription of Nonuse from Running Against Mineral Servitudes; and (3) Payment of Court Costs in Concursus Actions

The Energy Law

18] In 2002, Petro-Chem, the operator, initiated proceedings to create a compulsory unit encompassing a portion of the minerals subject to the Harts’ mineral servitude. [19] Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) in 1999 and 1998, respectively, over the surface of the property subject to the Harts’ mineral servitude. [17]

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