So people stay committed to travel, as we all know from the airlines. But with this extreme inflation, affordability for everything else in our life was very constrained. And so they've really cut back on anything that's a discretionary spend.
Oct 28, 2022 / receipt, needs a key / Mark Costa, CEO | earnings call 2022-10-28 | transcript ae841479-4cd0-413d-b7d2-ac521024b07f | chars 4244-4487 | segment 4
So, you know, those costs are obviously coming back, but there's still a lot of other costs, you know, of efficiency and structural costs or travel with COVID that is not going to come back, certainly not in the first quarter, but we would expect it to start coming back. you know, through the year.
Jan 29, 2021 / receipt, needs a key / Mark Taylor, CEO | earnings call 2021-01-29 | transcript fb1259a0-7363-4a98-8eeb-1e057b304d2a | chars 22819-23118 | segment 23
We have stopped travel, reduced consultants and third-party services, as you think through that.
May 1, 2020 / receipt, needs a key / Willie, CFO | earnings call 2020-05-01 | transcript 519c5b48-1872-4910-9f7d-4855c86c7c07 | chars 18412-18508 | segment 19
Laser focused on controlling costs and capital allocation
ir_statement / Sep 16, 2026 / receipt
Remain on track to implement ~$500M of price increases
ir_statement / Sep 16, 2026 / receipt
Maintaining discipline with capital expenditures of ~$400M in 2026, ~$150M below 2025
ir_statement / Sep 16, 2026 / receipt
On track with our cost-reduction target of $125M-$150M, net of inflation, building on actions taken in 2025
ir_statement / Sep 16, 2026 / receipt
Variable compensation expense resetting to a normal factor
ir_statement / Sep 16, 2026 / receipt
Drove a 350-basis-point sequential adjusted EBIT margin improvement through 8% higher sales volume/mix and disciplined price-cost management in AM and AFP and spread expansion in CI
ir_statement / Sep 16, 2026 / receipt
Made substantial progress toward delivering $125 million to $150 million of cost savings, net of inflation
ir_statement / Sep 16, 2026 / receipt
Benefit from cost reduction initiatives
ir_statement / Sep 16, 2026 / receipt
Benefit from cost reduction initiatives
ir_statement / Sep 16, 2026 / receipt
Cost reduction initiatives including lower shutdown costs
ir_statement / Sep 16, 2026 / receipt
Reduction of finished goods inventory in 1H to manage working capital resulting in an asset utilization headwind
ir_statement / Sep 16, 2026 / receipt
Benefit from cost reduction initiatives
ir_statement / Sep 16, 2026 / receipt
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