streamlining

Definitions

The process of making a system or organization more efficient and effective by employing faster or simpler working methods.

The design or modification of an object to present the smallest possible resistance to a flowing fluid, such as air or water.

Examples

The company is focusing on streamlining its production process to reduce operational costs.

Streamlining the registration system has significantly decreased the time students spend waiting in line.

Synonyms

simplifying optimizing refining modernizing rationalizing improving efficiency trimming

Antonyms

complicating cluttering hindering obstructing disorganizing making inefficient expanding