streamline
Definition:
1. make something more efficient: to make something such as a business, organization, or manufacturing process more efficient, especially by simplifying or modernizing it
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streamline
2. (transitive, by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
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streamline
• verb
2 make (an organization or system) more efficient by employing faster or simpler working methods.
[ http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/streamline?view=uk ]


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Note added at 1 day16 hrs (2010-06-24 04:07:01 GMT)
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(1) http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/Dictionary...

(2)
http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=streamline&oldid=...

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Note added at 1 day19 hrs (2010-06-24 07:33:55 GMT)
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Example 1.
"NATO has <B>streamlined</B> its military command arrangements <I>to provide a leaner, more efficient, effective and deployable command structure</I>."
- http://www.nato.int/issues/capabilities/index.html


Example 2.
"Scania Omni has <B>streamlined</B> and harmonised processes <I>to eliminate unnecessary waste, raise quality and enhance production efficiency</I>. Acando has helped them create structures, improve communication and boost decision-making power."
- http://www.acando.com/Services--Solutions/Cases/Case-10/?men...