Also, it can cut down on lead times, reduce inventory levels, diminish some currency risks, increase control over intellectual property, and reduce supply chain disruption risks.

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It will help families and businesses cut down on energy waste, save money and reduce dangerous carbon pollution.

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So along with several other clinics near L.A. and Long Beach, they've started this program to send health workers into the homes to find and reduce exposures, hoping to cut down on emergency room visits and missed school days.

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This will not only cut down the cost of inputs but it will also reduce the environmental impacts of agriculture.

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Well, Tactus has been sampling some new coating materials attempting to reduce glare -- and succeeding -- and to cut down on the controller's size by 70 percent and in so doing also doubled up the speed that the keyboard activates.

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As on the DD-21, new technologies will reduce the number of crew members needed and will also cut down on maintenance costs for the CVN-77, according to Chenevy, who made his remarks during the International Naval Review 2000 in New York City.

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He called for urgent reforms to cut public spending to be able to reduce taxation, improve growth potential and pay down government debt.

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But that didn't cut down on the number of passwords users had to keep track of, nor did it reduce the total number of reset requests.

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