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ダウンサイジングする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

General term for reducing the scale of something, such as a company, organization, or product.

switching from mainframe to personal computers

Computing-specific use: replacing large mainframe systems with smaller, often PC-based systems.

〈物もの・組そ織しき〉をダウンサイジングするto downsize something (a company, department, product, etc.)
会かい社しゃは経けい営えい陣じんを大おお幅はばにダウンサイジングした。
The company drastically downsized its management structure.
ダウンサイジングを進すすめるto proceed with downsizing (a plan, initiative)
IT部ぶ門もんはシステムのダウンサイジングを進すすめている。
The IT department is proceeding with downsizing the system.
ダウンサイジングを図はかるto aim for/plan downsizing
コスト削さく減げんのため、生せい産さん設せつ備びのダウンサイジングを図はかった。
They aimed to downsize production facilities in order to cut costs.

リストラN2sense 1
リストラ usually means restructuring through layoffs, while ダウンサイジング refers more broadly to shrinking scale (operations, systems, or size) without necessarily cutting staff.
縮しゅく小しょうN2sense 1
縮小 is a plain native Japanese word for shrinking or reducing something, whereas ダウンサイジング is a loanword often used in business/tech contexts with a similar meaning.
小こ型がた化か sense 1
小型化 specifically means making physical objects smaller, while ダウンサイジング is broader and often applies to organizations, budgets, or systems as well as objects.

拡かく大だいN3sense 1
拡大 means expanding or enlarging something, the opposite of ダウンサイジング's meaning of shrinking scale.

Borrowed from English 'downsizing'.