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In business, costs can escalate if not watched carefully. Cutting business costs means more money available as profit, and a more efficient use of resources. Remember that a reduction in cost is probably up to eight or ten times the value of an order received.

Many business managers do not have time constantly to check that every aspect of their business is being operated efficiently and cost-efficiently. Employees perhaps do not have the automatic consciousness of the need to make profit by saving money. Consequently, as time goes by, practices within a company tend to lack the discipline that results in significant cost reduction.

Every business should look carefully at every item of expenditure to see if there are ways and means of reducing its costs.

Managers must think about new ideas for saving money, including manufacturing, selling, distribution, finance and administration cost reduction, adapt these ideas to their circumstances.

You have to provide a disciplined program of action for achieving significant cost reduction targets.

Don’t keep everyone totally in the dark – people like to know how the company is doing. If they know enough of the facts, they will respond to the challenge of the company’s policies.

How much money you can save will vary according to the size of the enterprise, but being aware of costs means greater efficiency, higher productivity and a more successful business.

Words:

costs расходы, издержки

employee рабочий, служащий

to lack испытывать недостаток

expenditure расходы, трата

target цель

challenge вызов

Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на эквиваленты модальных глаголов.

1. A joint venture (совместное предприятие) should be self-supporting and self-financing.

2. They will be allowed to repatriate his share of profit abroad.

3. You have to check the contract.

4. Will they be able to provide US businessmen with two or three buildings in Moscow?