11.   The company has since tried to streamline factory production, a process that appears to be bearing fruit.

12.   The company weathered the storm without layoffs, partly by reassigning redundant production workers to find ways to cut costs, improve quality and streamline production.

13.   They want to streamline production, boost utility and heighten the senses with elements of surprise.

14.   Workers and midlevel managers say that Uneximbank has so far invested little new money to streamline production or maintain equipment.

15.   Yoshiharu Obata, the Nagoya manager, said manufacturers are boosting capital investment to develop products and streamline production.

16.   -- Streamlining production, including moving factories to areas where certain products are most in demand.

17.   The idea is to get workers actively cooperating in teams to streamline production and cut costs.