Reducing the production costs of individual machine parts is the only way to achieve our larger goal of reducing our overall production costs.

降低单个机器零件的生产成本是我们实现降低整体生产成本这一更大目标的唯一途径。

When considering quantities, we would ideally like to have some estimates for overall production from particular sites of pottery manufacture and for overall consumption at specific settlements.

在考虑数量的时候，我们最好能够对陶器特定生产地的总体产量和特定聚居地的总体消费做出一些估计。

Who determines the overall production plan?

谁决定总的生产计划?。

The overall production capacity of agriculture has risen notably.

农业综合生产能力显著提高。

It erodes confidence in supply chains and may dent overall production.

这会侵蚀供应链各环节的信心，也可能会阻碍总体产量。