No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame.

没有陪罪或籍口，没有人可以倚靠、依赖、或责怪。

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They both rely on lean direct-sales operations to sell their products to techies working deep in the bowels of large corporations.

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Many firms maintain lean inventories and rely on efficient freight transport.

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"Other companies operate lean models, investing in bakeries to automate them" and "rely less on human labor, " says Akshay Jagdale, an analyst with KeyBanc Capital Markets.

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