"a leaner structure" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a company, organization, or system that has been made more efficient or streamlined by reducing unnecessary elements or making changes to improve efficiency. Example: "After months of restructuring, the company now operates with a leaner structure that has resulted in significant cost savings and increased productivity."
He said the company would have a leaner structure and a stronger balance sheet.
But the small-screen side is also surging because of an improved hit-to-miss ratio, a leaner structure and overseas channel growth.
"I haven't changed my mind about that, but equally we had to address our losses, and build a leaner structure," she said.
"After a painful period of soul-searching and sacrifice," he said, "both companies have emerged from bankruptcy — far faster than some thought possible — with a leaner structure, new management and a viable vision of how to compete and win in the 21st century".
Another important step was to build a lean structure which speeded up decision making and gave it an edge over its competitors.
In spite of its vast reach, it operates with a lean structure and cost efficiencies are so well built in that even the office space allotted to the staff is planned and accounted for.
"I don't believe there is a meaningful role for a director of rugby anymore and a lean structure with a good coaching team ably assisted by a good admin person in the role of a team manager is the way forward.
Even with a leaner capital structure, however, Calpine may be too levered for a private equity player to make a bid.
US Airways will go out of business within months if it cannot significantly cut its costs and adopt a leaner operating structure, a financial report commissioned by its pilots union concluded yesterday.
The bank will use that same technology to teach Japanese borrowers and depositors the advantages of Internet-based banking, thus establishing a leaner cost structure than its more traditional competitors.
Lockheed's chief executive, Robert J. Stevens, said in a statement on Wednesday that the 600 buyouts would "enable us to achieve significant cost savings and a leaner management structure at a time when our customers have an urgent need for more affordable solutions to the global security challenges they face".
