Now, his company ships about 3, 000 handcrafted, made-to-order wool uniforms and caps every year.
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The modifications were not expensive, but, in light of a made-to-order contract, they were irritating.
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Since 2008, workshop Rickshaw Bagworks has enjoyed a cult-like following of local cyclists and professionals who snatch up made-to-order messenger bags.
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It will become an even more important brand differentiator, with returns-on-investments of loyalty and profitability made-to-order for your brand.
Tammy Smith of Vancouver, Wash. stops at Papa Murphy's Take N' Bake Pizza for a made-to-order, uncooked pie every other week.
Players in Second Life break plenty of physical laws, flying and teleporting around their virtual world and crafting made-to-order bodies and buildings.
Jeweler Jacob Arabo became a rap icon for his garish made-to-order pieces for A-list clients like Jay-Z, Kanye West and 50 Cent.
Kitmakers from around the world want to provide the off-the-shelf and made-to-order parts you need to make your own creations, products, and inventions.
All the bespoke shoes are created here, while the made-to-order side of the business is handled at a factory outside Paris controlled by Corthay.
The aloha (or Hawaiian) shirt, with its hand-blocked patterns of canoes, pineapples and leis was in its infancy, still a made-to-order keepsake for adventurous tourists.
It also incorporated a trunk show where clients can order pieces right away and they also showed their sumptuous made-to-order clothing and black leather collections.
The boss in the made-to-order containers company I told you about last week shared what he had learned from a customer with every single individual who worked in the plant.
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Bespoke shoes take 50 hours to fabricate, but for the first pair five months to deliver because of the fitting (two sessions are required) and last-making processes. (Subsequent pairs take three months.) Made-to-order takes about six weeks and doesn't mean off-the-rack.
The loss of the 110 made-to-order pieces lovingly assembled by collectors Arthur and Evelyn Krosnick grieved them terribly, so Nakashima agreed to replace the entire collection, down to the 12 wooden place mats he had given the Krosnicks as a Christmas present.
This may be the crucial test for Mr Dell who, after all, gave his name not just to the firm but to a whole business model (just-in-time, made-to-order manufacturing using an outsourced supply chain), key elements of which have since been adopted by his competitors.
Christopher Owens, one of the co-leaders of the operation, was a talented songwriter and a made-to-order rock star: he had been raised in the Children of God cult, whose refusal to accept modern medicine contributed to the death of his brother, and he had spent his teens struggling with drug addiction.
There are supersonic cruise missiles too aboard China's four new Sovremenny-class destroyers, made to order by the Russians and designed to attack aircraft-carriers and their escorts.
"Where schools must close, they are advised to consider what distance learning or self-study arrangements can be made for pupils in year 10-13, in order to minimise disruption to examination courses, " a Welsh government spokesman said.
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Now she sells about 1, 000 for up to 2, 500 euros each, at Munich stores like Angermaier and Lodenfrey, as well as custom-made dirndls to order.
These grilled-to-order burgers pair nicely with the killer made-from-scratch milkshakes.
Drastic changes have to be made in order to spark investor confidence, and cost-cutting is absolutely a sign that Zynga is serious about making this work.
Patriotism is another strong consideration among U.S. consumers: 93 percent said that they would pay more for U.S.-made goods in order to keep jobs in the U.S., and 80 percent said that buying U.S. products demonstrates patriotism.
When it comes to funding, yes, this President fights to make sure that embassy security and diplomatic security is adequately funded, make sure that that funding is restored when efforts on Capitol Hill are made -- principally by House Republicans, including Congressman Ryan -- to slash it in order to cut taxes for the wealthiest 2 percent in this country.
But that would be a small fine compared to what Wal-Mart would face if evidence emerged that it made payments to Chinese officials in order to gain access to its market.
The concept should then lead to the development of maps to be technically specified and made available to the selected end-users who will have to test the products and deploy them in order to achieve higher societal benefits in the area of disaster risk prevention and reduction.
There was an added intention of restoring the Scottish-made beam engine pump machinery to full working order.
These made to order Mexican sandwiches with ultra-fresh salsas are awesome.
It was after all in recognition of this, that the judges, who ruled in the Perruche case, made their decision in the first place - in order to relieve the difficulties of the boy's parents.
The SEC is considering whether these IOIs should be subject to order-handling rules and made part of the public centralized quotation system.
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