| modernizing | Les modernisations |
| to rebuild | reconstruire |
| to revamp | moderniser,renover |
| to update | moderniser |
| a modernized facility | une installation modernisee |
| to overtake | depasser |
| to rationalize | rationaliser |
| to streamline one’s operations | rationaliser ses activites |
| to rationalize working methods | rationaliser les methodes de travail |
| to resist change | s’opposer au changement |
| to face a problem | aborder un problem de fonds |
| to adjust to change time | evoluer avec son temps |
| to adjust to tougher competitive conditions | s’adapter aux conditions plus rudes de la concurrence |
| to be cost conscious | etre econome |
| cost saving | economique |
| to lower costs | abaisser les couts |
| to trim costs/to slash | reduire les couts |
| to slash labour costs | reduire les couts de main d’oeuvre |
| to cut overheads | reduire les frais generaux |
| to whittle down a cost price | comprimer un prix de revient |
| a cutback on costs | une reduction des couts |
| downsizing/retrechment | reduire ses activites |
| to reform / to restore | assainir les finances |
| reformation | assainissement |
| to carry out drastic cost-cutting | effectuer des coupes sombres |
