<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKatika muda mfupi, kuua bidhaa za polepole, kufunga viwanda, na kuondoa tabaka za usimamizi kunaweza kupunguza gharama kwa kiasi kikubwa hivi kwamba kufanya kampuni faida hata kama mauzo yake kupungua.  <response>: In the short term, killing slow-moving products, shuttering factories, and eliminating layers of management can cut costs so dramatically as to make a company profitable even if its sales shrink. 