操そう短たん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

curtailed operations; production cutback

Business term for deliberately reducing production or operating hours, often to adjust supply or manage costs. Commonly used as a noun or with する.

• 不ふ況きょうのため、工こう場じょうは操そう短たんを余よ儀ぎなくされた。

  Due to the recession, the factory was forced to curtail operations.

• 来らい月げつから生せい産さんラインを操そう短たんする予よ定ていだ。

  We plan to cut back production on the line starting next month.