Although improved efficiency in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting consumption.

虽然提高砍伐树木转化为木材产品的效率可能会降低收获率，但它将通过增加供应和降低价格来刺激需求，从而促进消费。

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The objective was to reduce the time and effort needed to obtain access to essential goods and services through an improved rural transport system.

其目标是通过改善农村运输系统来减少获得基本物资和服务所需的时间和努力。

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That means companies can reduce time-to-market for new and improved products, solve business problems more quickly, and address client concerns right away.

这意味着企业可以减少新产品和改进产品投入市场的时间，更快地解决业务问题，并立刻满足客户的要求。

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It could be improved quality to reduce their defects in manufacturing, it could be improved levels of service to reduce delays, and it could include increasing customer service to get a better outcome.

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"Whilst technology and improved IT systems may reduce the prevalence of these errors in the long term, it is important that communication both between healthcare professionals and between patients and practitioners is addressed as an issue immediately, " he said.

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