1.   The database also reminds him when to follow up sample shipments with sales calls to customers, a process that used to be haphazard at best.

2.   Sample shipments of these two products will start over the next month.

3.   The company also plans to begin sample shipments of the chips to the United States, Europe and other Asian countries by September.

4.   The company, a subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., plans to begin sample shipments in November, he said.

5.   The government plans to quarantine imported chickens, sample test shipments for the virus and monitor poultry stalls to ensure they meet high hygiene standards.

6.   Toshiba has started sample shipments of a DVD-ROM drive that can also read conventional CD-ROMs.

7.   Sample shipments are scheduled to start in April next year.

8.   Sample shipments are scheduled to start in October with mass production following in December.

9.   The company said it would launch sample shipments of the new LCD panels for portable televisions and camcoders around the middle of next year.

10.   The company plans to start sample shipments of the LSI chips early next year.