Workforce reduction has been increasingly utilized by enterprises as an approach to optimize staff formation, and improve the efficiency and competitiveness of enterprises.

减员越来越多地成为企业优化员工队伍、提高劳动效率、增强组织竞争力的一种重要手段。

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This process will result in the reduction of Viacom's workforce by approximately 7 percent, or 850 positions.

这个过程将导致减少维亚康姆劳动力的7%（850个职位）。

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Last month, Panasonic Electronic Devices (Beijing) announced job cuts, as part of the Japanese corporation's plans for a 5 percent reduction in its global workforce.

上个月，松下电子(北京)宣布裁员，这个日本公司计划在全球减少百分之五的员工。

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AMD's restructuring plan, a significant portion of which will be implemented in the fourth quarter of 2012, will include a workforce reduction and site consolidations.

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And while controversial, that workforce reduction was likely much needed.

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Until now, Ford has tried to use a surgical approach to workforce reduction, offering buyouts and early retirements only to certain workers in certain plants where factories are closing or production is being scaled back.

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