Reithofer also used the crisis to reduce purchasing expenses and lower development costs, hoping to move profit margins to at least 8 percent by 2012.

危机当中，约瑟夫也大幅降低采购费用，降低开发成本，希望在2012之前利润能达到百分之八。

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For example, you may be able to increase revenue through a more focused management team, or improve margins through greater purchasing power and lower costs.

比如，通过更为关注管理团队或者通过更大的购买能力和更低的成本来改善利润可能让你增加收入。

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If we establish electronic document delivery system, we can lower the costs of development, collecting and purchasing of full text databases and gradually realise resources sharing.

建立电子文献传递系统可降低全文数据库的建设、收集和引进成本，逐步实现信息资源共享。

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This practice has hidden what would otherwise be much higher borrowing costs and much lower purchasing power for the dollar.

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Model S should be price at little premium to competition due to lower cost technology, purchasing power of partners and absence of legacy costs.

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They use large purchasing power to negotiate lower drug prices and make money by reducing costs for health plan sponsors and members.

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