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modernizing

Les modernisations

to rebuild

reconstruire

to revamp

moderniser,renover

to update

moderniser

a modernized facility

une installation modernisee

to overtake

depasser

to rationalize

rationaliser

to streamline one's operations

rationaliser ses activites

to rationalize working methods

rationaliser les methodes de travail

to resist change

s'opposer au changement

to face a problem

aborder un problem de fonds

to adjust to change time

evoluer avec son temps

to adjust to tougher competitive conditions

s'adapter aux conditions plus rudes de la concurrence

to be cost conscious

etre econome

cost saving

economique

to lower costs

abaisser les couts

to trim costs/to slash

reduire les couts

to slash labour costs

reduire les couts de main d'oeuvre

to cut overheads

reduire les frais generaux

to whittle down a cost price

comprimer un prix de revient

a cutback on costs

une reduction des couts

downsizing/retrechment

reduire ses activites

to reform / to restore

assainir les finances

reformation

assainissement

to carry out drastic cost-cutting

effectuer des coupes sombres