efficiency expert
- noun
- /ɪˈfɪʃənsi ˈɛkspɜrt/
- Specialized
- hired an efficiency expert
Examples
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The next morning, the CEO was surprised to find a report on his table, written by the efficiency expert, and this is what it said:
Blog text (9) -
They've hired this efficiency expert, this really friendly guy named Brad. How perfect is that?
Fiction book (1999) -
When the efficiency expert at last stopped speaking, the sudden silence awakened Bill, and he jerked his head up with a start.
Fiction book (2000) -
He's an efficiency expert.
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Before it was defined as such, what is now termed lean was mainly the purview of the old-time efficiency expert, McClymonds said.
Academic text (2005) -
The company hired an efficiency expert to help streamline their operations and reduce costs.
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As an efficiency expert, she analyzed the workflow and proposed several improvements to increase productivity.
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After assessing the team's performance, the efficiency expert suggested new strategies to minimize waste.
Synonyms
A person who studies information carefully to understand problems and help people make decisions
A person who gives advice to companies on how to run their business better
A person or tool that makes a process work faster and use less energy
A person who helps a company use machines and people better to save time and money
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who specializes in improving efficiency' is directly derivable from combining 'efficiency' (effectiveness/productivity) with 'expert' (a person with deep knowledge). The noun–noun modifier pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would readily understand this MWE.
Etymology
Efficiency expert comes from the picture of a person with a stopwatch watching a factory line to spot wasted steps and slow motions. That's why today an efficiency expert is 'someone who studies how work is done and suggests ways to save time and materials'.