Jones froze hiring, trimmed corporate overhead and consolidated engineering, personnel and purchasing.

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In the end, Sorrell identified several functions, like personnel and purchasing, that WPP could centralize without impairing the creative independence of the agencies.

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About half of those cuts would come from the Pentagon, including reduction in purchasing, a freeze on pay for non-combat personnel and a reduction in overseas bases.

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