Sentences with phrase «focus on cutting costs»

Some of their strategies focus on cutting costs in the nuts and bolts of district operations, such as transportation, purchasing, and maintenance.

A retirement expert says the government should focus on cutting costs before increasing coverage to the Medicare system.

Most companies during economic contraction focus on cutting costs he says.

«I don't believe his focus on cutting costs was sufficient,» says Melanie Healey, who headed P&G's North America business until 2015.

For the time being, the company will focus on cutting costs.

But while ESPN is focused on cutting costs and hunkering down, Facebook and Twitter and Snapchat are busy carving off chunks of its younger, more digital - friendly customer base.

But it actually harmed profits among those firms that were focused on cutting costs, mainly because trust, which underpins the flextime philosophy, tends to break down when employees think they might lose their jobs.

But the company remained focused on cutting costs, while also boosting buybacks and its dividend.

We are also focused on cutting the costs required to repair them,» said professor Shiling Pei, an Assistant Professor at Colorado School of Mines who is leading the tests funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a variety of industry sponsors.

We may have looked into Finnair or American if we were focused on cutting costs, but we really wanted to try out BA's first class product, so we went with BA and just ate the cost.

In these tough economic times, with businesses obsessively focused on cutting costs, this is truer than ever.

As a result, it has been more focused on cutting costs than in extending the product, of late.

It's for a leadership role that focuses on cutting costs:

Since 2007, companies first focused on cutting costs to survive.

Not exact matches

HP's third - quarter report is expected to show earnings that barely beat analysts» expectations after the company focused on cost - cutting and higher - margin business areas ahead of the impending split of its computer and printer businesses from its enterprise hardware and service arm.

Almost 6 in 10 saw the benefits beyond a simple cost - cutting tool; businesses saw outsourcing as a tool that enables focus on the core business itself.

Since he took over as worldwide managing director in July, he's launched a dozen internal initiatives, ranging from cost - cutting measures (at a firm notorious for not taking its own efficiency medicine) to a new focus on marketing (a word that, by Barton's own account, draws gasps of horror at McKinsey).

Most of the new models focus on cutting out the middlemen to bring down costs for companies and their customers.

Finance groups focus on cost - cutting, risk - averse lawyers make the company impossible to do business with, and human resources casts judgment on employees.

ChildNet, which focuses on child welfare, will use tablets and smartphones to upload and access case files remotely, which could ultimately help cut printing costs, said Emilio Benitez, president and CEO of ChildNet.

Taking proactive steps — such as investing in research — instead of focusing solely on cutting costs and battening down the hatches will pay off in the long run.

It wasn't until 2006 that he began to focus on the IT subfield of business intelligence, a service that helps a company cut costs by organizing and analyzing historical data.

But, in order to make an impact that extends massive employers like Apple, JPMorgan, Amazon, and Berkshire Hathaway, it'll take new initiatives that don't just focus on cutting a few costs.

All markets will continue to focus on the volatility in the equity and bond markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to this afternoon's FOMC Meeting Statement followed by reports tomorrow on UK PMI, Eurozone PPI, CPI, US Challenger Job Cuts, Productivity, Unit Labor Costs, Jobless Claims, Trade Balance, Markit Services PMI, ISM Services, Durable Goods and Factory Orders for near term direction.

E-commerce company Fab is announcing another round of job cuts tomorrow, laying off between 80 and 90 employees to trim costs as it shifts resources to focus more on designing and developing products under its own brand name.

The underlying price of gold has stabilized and management is focused on ramping productions and cutting costs.

He slashed the number of research projects, from 6,800 to about 40, and cut costs across the company's PC and printer divisions, focusing instead on building higher - margin software and services businesses.

To get there, Lemann recruited a team of young, fresh - faced executives, led by 33 - year - old Daniel Schwartz, to oversea a turnaround effort that's so far focused on relentless cost - cutting and a dramatic reorganization of Burger King's business.

They're acquiring startups focused on organic and other fare, investing like venture capitalists, and cutting a variety of costs to free up money they can spend in areas such as product innovation and advertising.

Bedeviled by relentless cost cuts and executive turnover, the company has struggled to articulate a business strategy less focused on the printed page.

According to the release, the company will be «free from profit - making incentives and constraints» as it tries to find ways to cut costs and boost satisfaction for patients, with an initial focus on technology solutions.

As practitioners, you know better than I what is required but the major focus clearly has to be on ways to restore profitability and rates of return, with all that that means for pricing services, cutting costs, changing bank structures, diversifying into other activities and so on.

Within their own companies, executives are still keeping a close eye on the purse strings, with 62 % of executives saying that their companies are as focused on maintaining cost cutting initiatives as they were one year ago.

Kirin's focus has been on improving Lion Dairy & Drinks» profit margin in recent years, cutting costs and boosting sales at higher margin brands such as Dare.

Training is often neglected, or worse, eliminated as companies focus on ways to cut costs and remain profitable.

By this stage Lyon were no longer the dominant force in Ligue 1, and Garde was forced to focus on cost - cutting and youth development rather than signing stars and winning trophies.

Third, if they want to cut costs, governments should focus on the bottom line rather than being fixated on any one component of costs.

Ministers well know the need to cut as much red tape as Brussels will allow, and they will continue to focus on family life and tackling the high cost of living.

Or has a relentless focus on cost - cutting damaged traditional administrative values?

Cost of Government Administration: It is often said that NPM reforms associated with Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s focused on cost - cutting of the central bureaucracy to the detriment of staff morale and public serviCost of Government Administration: It is often said that NPM reforms associated with Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s focused on cost - cutting of the central bureaucracy to the detriment of staff morale and public servicost - cutting of the central bureaucracy to the detriment of staff morale and public services.

He grasped the centre ground by focusing on living standards and cost of living policy discussion and announcements: the Pupil Premium, capping social care costs, state pension reforms, free childcare, cutting income tax, and, his big policy statement: free school meals for all infants.

Responding to a consultation on the pilot closure of HMRC Enquiry Centres in the North East1, the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) are urging HMRC to cater for taxpayers» and tax credits claimants» individual needs, focusing on service delivery and not cost cutting

He said the «Middle Class Recovery Act» focuses on cutting $ 700 in state taxes for middle class families, protecting New Yorkers from rising prescription costs, and a public college «free tuition» program for qualified families.

He said that instead of cutting coverage for all services, which could harm people who truly need them, policymakers should focus on reducing the health services of little health value to more safely reduce costs.

«People may be focusing on curtailment or cutting back rather than efficiency improvements because of the upfront costs involved,» Attari said.

Although the team is focusing on medical scanner technology, French believes the lasers could cut the cost of sophisticated equipment used by chemists and physicists.

In relation to the phases involved in the circular economy, Biomat is focussing its research work on improving the extraction, production and treatment processes of the product once it has been discarded in order to increase the output in these processes and cut costs and environmental impacts, thus making the development of sustainable, competitive materials possible.

As Brenneman explains, the company's «myopic focus» on costs had led to perverse tactics: skimping on cabin air conditioning and flying more slowly to cut fuel use; removing high - revenue first - class seats to squeeze in more passengers; and eliminating corporate discounts even for the airline's top customers.

Governors must choose to focus on students» needs in taking difficult cost - cutting actions.

Her research focuses on school cost - cutting practices, the role of private enterprise and business engagement in public education, and the legal and structural barriers faced by education leaders.