Streamline
streamline (verb) - make a process or organisation more efficient by removing unnecessary parts
streamlined for racing
perfectly streamlined
streamline a system
streamline production
their role in the process must be streamlined and modernised
adopt a streamlined, professional and positive approach
streamlined and slimmed down
streamline operations
streamline the operations of his department
streamline the processing of millions of transactions each day
streamline the organizations by removing duplication of roles and removing confusing remits
streamline a product line
streamline a production line
streamline the profession
establish an Investment Centre to streamline investment approvals
streamline the state economic enterprises
streamline the list of restricted goods while tightening controls
bolster internal discipline, streamline military structures, cut costs, and discourage military involvement in politics
streamline both sales and production systems
streamline decision-making processes
streamline or rationalise what we're doing
a streamlined product range
a streamlined product range which is promoted vigorously worldwide
streamlined procedures
streamlined procedures to sift out frivolous applications
bodies streamlined for maximum efficiency in moving through water
perfectly streamlined
perfectly streamlined for movement in the water
do with streamlined efficiency
modern streamlined trams
a streamlined fleet
a co-ordinated, streamlined look
the new streamlined organisational structure
a streamlined, sharp toothed giant shark landed on the deck of his boat
all functions streamlined on the production side
making branch administration efficient and streamlined
streamline administration streamlined
make the cumbersome manuals more streamlined, understandable, and efficient
streamline the bureaucracy
streamline your mind
this admirable attempt to streamline this vital area has been all but defeated
a worldwide desire to streamline and standardize international trading procedures
a new boss starts to streamline the business by sacking staff
streamline the mechanism
the overall shape is elegantly streamlined
streamlined schedule
the streamlined body contours of a very agile fish
business operations have been streamlined and refined
solid steel and beautifully streamlined
a streamlined look
a very contemporary and streamlined look
streamlined creatures
a more streamlined diving duck
a streamlined shape
streamlined computer I/O
streamlined by cutting down on
streamlined wheel fairings
streamlined service delivery systems
Streamlined administrative arrangements
streamlined structure
Example sentences:
* But a change of management can be a nightmare if a new boss starts to streamline the business by sacking staff.
* The impending changes arise from a worldwide desire to streamline and standardize international trading procedures.
* Now that the party can no longer call on state finances, it will have to streamline its bureaucracy, and has already decided to hand back to the nation all superfluous assets, including the party's holiday homes, hotels… and its headquarters.
* Last year, the mechanism for fixing up research contracts was streamlined.
* The overall shape is elegantly streamlined, emphasised by a deeply forked, elongated tail.
* He says this would make the cumbersome manuals more streamlined, understandable, and efficient.
* The company has streamlined its production and will contine to produce its top of the range Rover 800 series in a state of the art assembly plant.
* The system has been streamlined and statistics prove that the speed and quality of our decision-making compares favourably with other local authorities.
* On the production side all functions have been streamlined, each with a specific remit.
* And this one is solid steel and beautifully streamlined.
* Achieving a perfect birth, a contented baby or a streamlined schedule can give rise to a smug self-satisfaction.
* A red glow pervades the body, the dorsal, caudal and anal fins have a very full shape, and together with the streamlined body contours this results in a very agile fish.
* We could promote computer training for the D A Os enabling a move to computer as branch records, making branch administration efficient and streamlined.
* Profits need not necessarily be pooled but expenses could be shared and administration streamlined, the goodwill attaching to the firm-name being preserved.
* Summer loafers in bright colours can be matched with trousers for a co-ordinated, streamlined look.
* The new streamlined organisational structure, it was argued, would be more adaptable to post-Cold War contingencies than NATO's current structure which was geared to a massive and sudden attack by the Soviet Union.
* The fight lasted 20 gripping minutes before the streamlined, sharp toothed giant was landed on the deck of his boat.
* During the Thirties when the streamlined fleet was introduced, the driver was for the first time provided with his own driving cab, complete with folding seat.
* He asked for streamlined procedures to sift out frivolous applications and allow individual board members greater discretion to reduce the number of full hearings.
* Their bodies are streamlined for maximum efficiency in moving through water, and they have evolved a highly sophisticated sonar system to communicate and receive information through water and over long distances.
* The external body features like arms, hands, legs, and genitals of the dolphin's land-based ancestors, have either been eliminated or withdrawn inside the dolphin's body to create the most beautifully proportioned and elegant of forms, perfectly streamlined for movement in the water.
* While some species are streamlined for fast flows, others are burrowers and bottom-crawlers.
* Waiting for him was the illuminated Lifeboat tram, on which he made a tour of the Promenade, waving to the crowds and commenting favourably on Blackpool's modern streamlined trams.
* Well perhaps to se se se er, you know streamline or rationalise what we're doing I mean you know, we can we've asked that we actually hand you in our section on this, right?
* Greater emphasis has been placed on the use of computers and V.D.U. 's to streamline both sales and production systems.
* Designed to bolster internal discipline, streamline military structures, cut costs, and discourage military involvement in politics, it involved regrouping the 43,000-strong Army into six regional divisions.
* Even prominent members of the Labour Party, traditionally timid on this front, have started to argue openly that the Royal Family's role must be streamlined and modernised if it is to survive for very much longer.
* If we wish to continue to be a force in the field of movement and exercise then we each have to move with the times, and adopt a streamlined, professional and positive approach to all areas of the Medau Society's work.
* "Streamline your mind, Miss Veness," he said to me.
* Unfortunately, this admirable attempt to streamline this vital area has been all but defeated by the bafflingly thick four bolt neck plate.
* The move is part of the company's efforts to streamline product lines to focus on higher-end systems and servers; de-emphasise some system-related peripherals; and buy in some production.
* One of banking's central problems is how to streamline and collate millions of different transactions each day.
* In an attempt to streamline its personal computer range, DEC plans to market the new Alpha system in parallel with an as-yet unannounced Pentium-only system called DECpc 560 ST that'll debut at a similar price point and configuration as the Alpha machine.
* Such debate surrounds the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, by which the potential lies to increase solicitors' rights of audience and effectively streamline the profession.
* It seeks to streamline the bodies of representation and accreditation of the nursing professions by removing duplication of roles and removing confusing remits.
* Mr Heseltine, Secretary of State for the Environment 1979-;83, made great efforts trying to streamline the operations of his department by insisting on a continuous review of its objectives and priorities.
* The meeting agreed to streamline the list of restricted goods while tightening controls against member states violating COCOM rules.
* The new policies, aimed at increasing the flow of local and foreign capital, included (i) the decision to establish an Investment Centre to streamline investment approvals; (ii) the decision to join the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; (iii) the negotiation of bilateral investment protection agreements with foreign governments; and (iv) the introduction of a range of measures on remittance of after-tax profits, redefinition of foreign-controlled companies and the associated relaxation of domestic borrowing ceilings for foreign firms.
* However, the country's privatization programme, intended to streamline the state economic enterprises (SEEs), ran into difficulties particularly on the question of selling state assets to foreigners.
* These new streamlined creatures became the first fish and soon underwent a further important change when they began to develop a movable jaw, paving the way for the Devonian period --; the `;Age of Fishes';.
* The cutaways are quite pronounced below the horns, turning into the fretboard fairly high up (the 20th fret for the top, the 22nd for the lower) and giving the bass a very contemporary and streamlined look.
* Since acquisition by the Atlantic Group, the Miaco operation has been streamlined and refined and up to the FlyPast visit had overhauled 25 Pratt & Whitney engines.
* The guidelines drawn here (Figure 2) are based on the familiar mallard, a dabbling duck and the pochard, a more streamlined diving duck.
* So streamlined it was advertised as the pen from another planet.
* Jordan's Fairy Wrasse is a feast of gold and red colouration combined to stunning effect in a streamlined shape.
* Intel says the data indicates reduced overheads and streamlined I/O compared to SVR4.2.
* Under the pressure of new business, chancery clerks standardized their output, streamlined by cutting down on lengthy prologues, stated their business as succinctly as possible.
* In 1938 one of the streamlined Pacific locomotives, Mallard , attained a maximum speed of 126 m.p.h., a world record for steam traction.
* With this streamlined structure and a heavy investment in new technology a healthy future is envisaged for the new company.
* The interior is more luxurious with plenty of padding, more sound insulation, and more goodies come as standard such as a constant speed propeller and streamlined wheel fairings which lead to an increased cruising speed of some 120-125 knots.
* In the course of this discussion it has become apparent that the CMHT model is a varied animal, that teams have not fully resolved problems of integrating different professional and agency interests and approaches into streamlined service delivery systems, that a simple organisational re-shuffling of staff does not surmount tensions over professional relationships and responsibilities.
* Streamlined administrative arrangements in DTI's Fairs and Promotions branch will save costs and allow a greater number of fairs to be supported.
