They generally have more limited funds and not much time to reduce manufacturing costs and sell their products quickly if they want to compete with larger rivals these days.
Their ability to reduce manufacturing costs quickly, with help from the Chinese government and banks, has come to represent unfair competition in the minds of some of their rivals elsewhere.
Using alternative materials promised to reduce manufacturing costs significantly.
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The restructuring process, which began in 2009, is expected to reduce manufacturing costs, increase efficiency, facilitate far more flexibility in labor requirements, and will also help reduce product development time by 30% that will enable the company to launch new models faster.
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Putting tin directly onto the copper piece would reduce the manufacturing steps and costs, Norton said.
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The company said it expects the manufacturing cuts to help reduce operating costs 20% in 2012 compared to the previous year.
This new ownership will provide many opportunities, including continued product improvement, increased marketing support, funding for new product development, and manufacturing support to help control and reduce costs.
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Ford needs to further reduce its costs, including plans to restructure its manufacturing footprint within the region.
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By expanding immigration for low-skill workers, we restrain labor costs and reduce out-migration of manufacturing and other business.
The SLS rocket will incorporate technological investments from the Space Shuttle program and the Constellation program in order to take advantage of proven hardware and cutting-edge tooling and manufacturing technology that will significantly reduce development and operations costs.
The AMP is geared towards helping U.S. manufacturers reduce costs and speed ideas from the drawing board to the manufacturing floor, creating high quality jobs and increasing U.S. global competitiveness in manufacturing.
The manufacturing sector has been a key beneficiary of the Federal Reserve rate cuts, which reduce borrowing costs for companies and also depressed the dollar, which lowers costs for American factories, compared with those in other countries.
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