1.   Become familiar with these various techniques, even the more sophisticated ones, if they fit your business and product mix.

2.   But in government, managers have no incentive to winnow out their product mix.

3.   Product mix improved with the export of more manufactures and the import of fewer luxury consumer goods.

4.   Already, the new management is tinkering with the product mix in the Manhattan stores.

5.   An additional positive factor appears to be an improved product mix, which, analysts said, led to improved gross margins for the third quarter.

6.   And Peapod is continuing to tweak its product mix.

7.   And while Cisco has fared better because of its different product mix, it nevertheless has seen a severe change in its fortunes over the last year.

8.   Apple has also suffered shortages of high-end computers and other self-inflicted ills that have weighed down its product mix with large numbers of low-margin consumer machines.

9.   Berruyer also said that efforts by the company to perfect its product mix were paying off.

10.   Beyond that, everything is up for grabs, and the product mix could change by the week.