An important component of this trial is the attempt to develop low-cost, streamlined, simplified methodologies to bring outcomes studies within the affordability of academic investigators.
Germany's strength at a time of global uncertainty also testifies to progress in containing labor costs, streamlining production in its important manufacturing sector and managing a slow but steady increase in employment, which supports domestic demand.
The closing is part of Lucent's push to return to profitability next year by cutting costs, streamlining its mix of products and focusing on its 30 largest customers, which generate 75percentt of its revenue.
Mr. Ross, a former Rothschild banker, is widely credited with reviving the United States steel industry by buying up dead or dying companies and then persuading their powerful union, the United Steelworkers of America, to cut costs, streamline operations and agree to pension reforms.
"Keeping a consistent path of cash generation, cutting costs, streamlining the operation, making the organization leaner — that's not very exciting," Mr. Bernabè said in his office overlooking the Corso d'Italia, a busy boulevard flanked by remnants of a 1,700-year-old 1,700-year-old 1,700-year-old
Its new chief executive, Warren East, the former boss of microprocessor firm ARM who took over from John Rishton in July, also announced a major restructuring programme for next year to reduce fixed costs, streamline senior management and improve decision-making, all aimed at saving up to £200m a year.
For technology innovators, this plumbing also presents myriad opportunities: to reduce costs, streamline processes and shape the future of an industry that touches all Americans.
The requests, filed Tuesday on Capitol Hill, were accompanied by extensive details of how the automakers plan to reduce labor costs, streamline products and restructure their balance sheets in order to return to profitability.
Covering all Americans under Medicare would reduce overall health-care costs, streamline the fragmented and complex public-private healthcare system that Americans are forced to navigate today, and ensure that limited incomes and pre-existing conditions do not prevent individuals from obtaining vital and medically necessary care.
He aggressively cut costs and streamlined some of Sony's sprawling lines of business, finally exiting legacy businesses like the Walkman, for example.
The new product holds the potential for competitive advantage, lower manufacturing costs and streamlined manufacturing capabilities.
