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  3. Reducing Operation CostsYour company has decided to reduce the budget of your d

Reducing Operation CostsYour company has decided to reduce the budget of your d

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问题 Reducing Operation Costs
Your company has decided to reduce the budget of your department. You have been asked to find out how to reduce daily operation costs. Discuss the situation together, and decide:
- what problems your department has in cost control
- how you can solve these problems.
选项
答案 A: Due to the economic recession, our budget of this fiscal year has been cut by 30%, so we really need to find out how to manage to live with this.
B: You are right, it’s really a tight budget, and we’d better find solutions to it.
A: We may begin by reducing operation costs. Can you tell me some problems we have in cost control?
B: Sure. First of all, I think the energy waste problem is very serious in our department: our electricity fees are much higher than other departments. And we also spend lots of money on conferences, especially those abroad. The conference costs account for a large part of our total costs.
A: Well. That’s quite right. Any other problems?
B: Managers are inclined to choose luxury hotels when they are on business trip. They only consider those at least with four stars.
A: That is also a breaking point to reduce our cost, but first we will have to persuade them.
B: I’m sure they’ll understand. So we’ll first encourage energy saving, like keeping the air conditioner’s temperature at 26℃. Then we should try more TV and telephone conferences, they are much more convenient and less costly. Finally we can advocate express hotels for business trip if possible.
A: That is the point. As long as we pay enough attention to all the details and take actions, we can survive in this gloomy environment.
解析     本次讨论的任务是找出所在部门在成本控制上存在哪些问题以及如何解决这些问题。根据要求决定的要点1“你的部门在成本控制上存在哪些问题”，我们可以结合以下三个方面：能源浪费(energywaste)、会议太多(too many conferences)和奢侈酒店(luxury hotels)展开讨论。根据要求决定的要点2“如何解决这些问题”，结合前面讨论的存在的三个问题，可以分别从以下三个角度作处理：节能(energy saving)；电视和电话会议(TV／telephone meetings)；快捷酒店(express hotels)。
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