If the automated step does not lead to significant cost savings, then it will not be pragmatic to convert the manual step to automated ones.

如果自动化的步骤对节省成本的贡献并不显著，那么将手动步骤转化为自动化步骤就是不现实的。

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They can work with distributors to develop new bundles or solutions customized for certain markets (such as low-cost ones) or industries.

同时也可以与经销商根据某种顾客群的具体需求(例如低成本)开发新捆绑或产品。

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Given this uncertainty, it is best to cautiously pursue many different approaches toward cost control and study them to see which ones work best.

鉴于这种不确定性，最好谨慎继续进行对成本控制的许多不同的方法并研究它们看看哪个效果最好。

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Prices differ from school to school, but public colleges and universities usually cost less than private ones.

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He doubts whether enough new managers would be attracted to make up for the deadweight cost of giving a tax break to existing ones.

ECONOMIST: The government and entrepreneurs

The idea behind the credit was a decent one: to target more money at poor retired people than at better-off ones, while keeping down the cost to the Treasury.

ECONOMIST: Pensions

First, publishers make more money on hardcover sales than e-book sales, thanks to the inconvenient and widely unknown fact that digital books don't cost much less to produce than physical ones.

ENGADGET: Editorial: Bring on the digital overthrow of publishing