31.   Alcan, which has alumina production cost above the industry average, needs to increase efficiencies and improve its product mix, Bougie said.

32.   Buoyed by strong sales of its high-end microprocessors and increased operating efficiencies, the IntelCorp.

33.   By bringing in a facilities manager, a company can simultaneously increase efficiency and cut costs.

34.   By stripping away layers of management, employing more part-time workers and replacing laborers with new equipment, corporations have tried to increase efficiency.

35.   Capital was the translation of wealth into machinery, buildings or other equipment that increased the efficiency with which labor could transform raw materials into products.

36.   Cities will be encouraged to use special machinery that blows air through the debris, increasing the efficiency of the burn and decreasing emissions.

37.   Coca-Cola, trying to increase efficiency at its Atlanta headquarters, is consolidating some operations.

38.   Colaninno is expected to refocus Telecom, increase efficiency and cut costs.

39.   Corporate efforts to increase efficiency and control costs continue to hold inflation in check.

40.   Damian Fraser, a Latin American equity strategist for UBS Warburg, agreed with proposals to beef up regulatory agencies as a way to lower costs and increase efficiency.