They've lowered costs only by cutting or rationing them.
Improving their care has created striking local successes: improved health, reduced hospitalizations, and lowered costs.
In the seventies, corporations lowered costs by hiring contract labor and leasing medallioned cabs to drivers.
Mr. Berman said the company did so because it lowered costs and thus enhanced profitability.
In theory, value-engineering seeks the optimal balance between lowered costs, increased productivity and improved quality.
Tech companies similarly shared intellectual property with Linux software, which lowered costs and spurred innovation.
The new law quickly lowered costs and gave workers more money, and Mr. Weiss sped up appeals and contested cases.
This has lowered costs as well as made customers happy; some of them even reply with a thank you.
The company, which is based in Cincinnati, lowered costs by reducing marketing and retirement expenses in the quarter, she said.
The company said it could make a profit on the new payments because it had lowered costs.
But he's clearly hopeful that lowered costs from selling more handsets will make up for the extra payments.
