Reducing overheads 减少管理费用

掌握单词：

Research and development 研发

Property costs 财产耗费、物业费用

Capital goods 资本货物

Balance sheet 资产负债表

Redundancy payment 失业金

In the short term 短期内

Long-term effects 远期效益

Overall effects 整体效益

Office supplies 办公用品

Stationery 文具

Bulk price 批发价

Mail-order 邮购

Paper clip 回形针，曲别针

小型演讲：

What’s important when…?

Aiming to slash business overheads

1.avoid slashing costs

2.Long-term effects

You may need to make big cuts in overheads, but try to avoid slashing costs to a level where it is difficult  to operate. Advertising, as well as research and development, are often the first activities to be cut because they can be reduced almost instantly. Cutting overheads such as property costs or capital goods will take much longer to have an effect on the balance sheet. You can also cut staff costs by reducing your number of employees, though redundancy payments will increase costs in the short term.

你可能需要大量削减管理费用，但要避免削减规模过大而导致无法操作。广告费用和研发费用往往是首先被削减的项目，原因是削减这些项目的费用当即可行。而要削减财产耗费和资本货物的费用，则需要更长的时间才能在资产负债表上有所体现。

Long-term effects should also be considered. In reducing overheads costs, we should not aim to seek instant  success, we should put our overheads reduction plan in a greater perspective and evaluate their overall effects. Reduction measures should enable the company to tap its potential productivity and ensure its future development.

同时也应该考虑到远期效益的问题。在削减管理费用时，我们不能急于求成，而是应该用更长远的目光看待我们的计划，而且要具体评估它的整体效果。削减措施应使公司能够利用其潜在的生产力，并确保其未来的发展。

In addition to that, we also need to involve our staff member into the overheads reduction project, and try to see if they have anything to contribute to it.

除此之外，我们也应需要让员工参与到经费削减方案当中，并尝试寻找他们能对其有何贡献。