Within 18 months of arriving at Nissan in 1999, Mr Ghosn had closed five factories and cut 25, 000 jobs, sold stakes in various parts-makers and cut Nissan's Mount Fuji of debt.
But as fashion goes to lower-cut, clingier extremes, these products seem necessary parts of the well-dressed woman's toolkit.
But most parents do not want cut-price boarding schools in remote parts of the country.
It is little surprise that UBS is looking to cut various parts of its fixed-income trading desk over the coming quarters.
"We're being cut much further than other public-facing parts of the public sector, " he said.
Because computer-driven machines cut most of the standardized parts and joints, "we're free to be inefficient in assembly and finishing work, where the craft is most obviously expressed, " says Moser, who spends most of his time designing at the workbench.
But even as the reception centres are being prepared for the new influx from Kosovo, the government is putting legislation through the House of Commons to reduce the numbers and cut the costs of asylum-seekers from other parts of the world.
American automakers have cut costs by outsourcing high-wage union jobs to parts suppliers as unionized workers retire.
Now, cut-price airlines are being formed in many other parts of the world.
Concerned about the potential loss of market share in the core PC microprocessor market to ARM-based parts, Sterne Agee analyst Vijay Rakesh this morning cut his rating on Intel shares to Neutral from Buy.
FORBES: Intel: Worried On ARM Threat, Sterne Agee Downgrades
Large parts of the Highlands and north-east Scotland have been cut off, with the main route - the A9 - shut in several places.
BBC: Snow and ice leads to travel delays and school closures
But other times you can cut costs and create value by outsourcing parts of a process, and keeping the value-creating pieces in house.
FORBES: The Goldilocks Middle Way Between DIY and Outsourcing
He said politicians had been unwilling to talk about rights and wrongs, but "moral neutrality" would not "cut it any more" and said "the slow-motion moral collapse that has taken place in parts of our country these past few generations" must be confronted.
BBC: England riots: Broken society is top priority - Cameron
Volvo Car is looking for partnerships with other auto makers on parts and other vehicle systems, seeking to cut development costs and better compete in the premium small-car market.
Cut the cost of borrowing further to help those parts of the economy which are being hurt by the global slowdown - and consumer demand could expand too fast.
应用推荐