Effizienzsteigerung

== German == === Etymology === Effizienz (“efficiency”) +‎ Steigerung (“increase”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɛfiˈt͡si̯ɛnt͡sˌʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁʊŋ] Hyphenation: Ef‧fi‧zi‧enz‧stei‧ge‧rung === Noun === Effizienzsteigerung f (genitive Effizienzsteigerung, plural Effizienzsteigerungen) (economics, business) efficiency increase, efficiency gain (the act or process of making a system or organization more effective by reducing waste or optimizing resources) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Effizienzgewinn (efficiency gain) Produktivitätssteigerung (productivity increase) Rationalisierung (rationalization; often with a focus on cost reduction) ==== Antonyms ==== Effizienzverlust (efficiency loss) Verschwendung (waste) ==== Hypernyms ==== Optimierung (optimization) Fortschritt (progress) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Betriebsführung (the management of operations to achieve efficiency) Effizienzmaß (the metric used to measure the increase) Margenoptimierung (the financial result of an efficiency increase) Skaleneffekt (a source of efficiency increase through volume) Standardisierung (a method to achieve efficiency) ==== Related terms ==== effizienzsteigernd (efficiency-enhancing) === References === “Effizienzsteigerung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Effizienzsteigerung” in Duden online