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Kansas City, MO-based CommunityAmerica Credit Union aims to become a major financial services player in its hometown by employing a repositioning and growth strategy. Part of its objective is to expand its branch network by opening up 10 new branches between 2000-2005. The credit union decided that its growth potential depends on four local counties: Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Douglas counties in Kansas. The combined population of these counties is over 600,000 with a median household income of more than $40,000., At a time when the financial services industry is going high tech with call centers, Internet banking, and e-commerce, building a large, expanded branch network may seem outrageous. But that's [...]

Energy suppliers are creating energy outlets that are one-stop shops buying, selling and trading all types of energy that meet the needs of their most profitable customers. These energy outlets are mutually beneficial for both customers and suppliers. Companies that plan to establish energy outlets must take into account converging energy types, and meet customers' energy needs with best-value Btu form. Energy companies must also form efficient partnerships with their customers to further develop the Btu market.

Byline: Jeff Kline Getting your distribution center ready for the next peak season is in some ways a matter of recognizing that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. To [...]

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.-based TBA Global Events grabbed the spotlight last month when it announced its acquisition of event powerhouse PGI, a move that entrenches TBA as a top-tier producer of [...]

Byline: Jeff Kline Multichannel retailers may rely on shippers, consolidators, logistics companies, the U.S. Postal Service, or a combination of these possibilities to get goods to their customers. Whatever the [...]

LAST JUNE FEDEX GROUND EXPANDED its return options for catalog and online retailers by introducing a new Consolidated Return Service. This service targets less time-sensitive returns and consolidates individual returns [...]

This year's National Conference on Operations and Fulfillment (NCOF) was held at the Opryland Resort and Conference Center in Nashville, TN, April 28-May 1. The home of country music became [...]

The article offers the author's insights on various lessons learned by several senior analysts that could help senior executives boost maturity of junior analysts through art of communicating analytical work including Douglas Hubbard, Sam Savage, and Jerry Brown.

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Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the previous issues of the journal on topics including works of German racing driver Wolfgang von Trips, differential in speed between various categories of cars and drivers and "Is racing Worth Dying For?" by Stephen Gunter.

The article offers tips in maintaining a premium water-source in 2014. Topics discussed include the simple testing of water samples to identify and count the algae, bacteria, and fungi therein, the different qualities of water from varied water sources, and the need to identify the type of algae found in source water to treat it properly. Also mentioned is the treatment option of GreenCleanPRO for algae and fungi in surface waters.

The article previews the ZeroTol 2.0 fungicide from BioSafe Systems.

The article offers the author's insights on how to meet the needs and how to educate members of credit unions (CU) for the improvement of their lives.

Between surpassing the 100 million-member mark and $1 trillion in savings, credit unions are ready for their close-up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on teams of military officers measuring attributes and shortfalls in the programmed forces across the range of conflicts. The systems team uses the macro-analysis as a starting point for more detailed functional analysis and requirements generation. Within months, these teams create engineering proposals for joint command-and-control systems, ships and aircraft, satellites, unmanned vehicles, remote sensors and weapons, land delivery systems and manpower programs, all of which provide alternatives to current and programmed systems.

Focuses on the mission of the HSV-23, a high speed vessel of the U.S. Navy. Details of the mission; Intelligence report received by HSV-23 concerning South American vessel suspected of carrying a chemical compound; Role of the navy in maritime homeland security.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to a speech given by U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Liver in Reye's syndrome (RS) indicates marked fatty infiltration and by electronmicroscopy (EM) in mitochondria: ameboid disfiguration, variation in size, matrix rarefaction, absent granules. Biochemically in RS, the two mitochondrial urea cycle enzymes (carbamyl phosphate synthetase(CPS), ornithine trans-carbamylase(OTC)) are transiently reduced to 28 and 32% of normal. Whether CPS or OTC reduction is responsible for the altered mitochondrial appearance was studied by EM of liver in: (A) heritable CPS deficiency (CPS<5%); and in: (B) heritable OTC deficiency (OTC<5%). EM-A indicated plethora of Golgi apparatus; unusual lipofuscin bodies; loss of microvili in dilated bile canaliculi; normal deposits of lipid and glycogen and no mitochondrial changes. EM-B indicated normal Golgi apparatus; minimal lipid and plentiful glycogen deposits; few residual bodies; autophagic vacuoles; microbodies varying widely in size (some ballooning) with floccular matrix and disintegrating membranes; in mitochondria: no enlargement; no ameboid disfiguration or matrix rarefaction; no granules. In summary: EM-A or EM-B (though showing abnormalities) was unlike EM-RS. Thus in RS, CPS or OTC reduction is not likely to cause the altered mitochondrial appearance; rather the biochemical and EM changes may both be the consequence of a primary mitochondrial injury.