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delayer

[di′lā·ər]
(materials)
A substance mixed with solid rocket propellants to decrease the rate of combustion.
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Further, changes under the new operating model include delayering the field structure that organises WMA into four divisions, 43 markets and 208 branches, which gives field leaders broader control; enhancement and simplification of FA compensation by retaining and rewarding its best advisers on a simpler compensation plan based on productivity, growth and loyalty; Aligning Field Manager compensation that rewards field leaders and holds them accountable for the decisions they make; and shifting home office resources to the field that streamline management in its home office to reinvest in staff and resources, making a difference for clients and advisers.
Performance Coatings: Operating income increased 9 percent, due to higher volumes, management delayering, continuous improvement initiatives and lower costs.
With a company like Unilever, it means creating four different business units; we are more decentralized, driving decision making down, delayering organizations.
Miller's no-nonsense approach did little to calm the nerves of staff -- espe- cially once the process of "delayering" started to materialise -- but it was, he argues, essential.
The council is proposing a number of measures including capping redundancy payments for all staff at PS20,000, reducing the amount spent on agency workers, a recruitment freeze, a reduction in overtime, management "delayering" and voluntary schemes aimed at saving money.
The end-to-end network architecture is simplified (e.g., network delayering) whilst a significant cost associated to the MAN segment is obviated (e.g., CAPEX and power consumption).
The horizontal construction company also learned how to use its equipment for vertical delayering to rescue people trapped in collapsed structures without endangering the victims or rescuers.
It is only when the Afrikan begins to honestly look at the reality of the Afrikan experience in America that he/she can begin the dynamic delayering process of constructing identity.
Delayering: Involves disposing of tiers of management - a euphemism for people losing their jobs.
"This will result in a strong focus on internal efficiencies and process improvement, delayering and redundancies."
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