垂すい直ちょく的てき統とう合ごう

noun

vertical integration

Business term referring to a company's control over multiple stages of production or distribution within the same industry.

• その企き業ぎょうは垂すい直ちょく的てき統とう合ごうによってコストを削さく減げんした。

  The company reduced costs through vertical integration.