{"id":1476,"date":"2024-05-19T18:10:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T18:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintecdev.wpengine.com\/?post_type=use-case&#038;p=1476"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:27:05","slug":"cost-control","status":"publish","type":"use-case","link":"https:\/\/www.expanamarkets.com\/solutions\/use-cases\/cost-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Hero section template -->\n<header class=\"hero hero-standard theme-lightGreen bg-fn-ModBgLightGreenTheme pt-40 md:pt-64 xl:pt-80 pb-40 md:pb-64 xl:pb-80 small medium large\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col xl:grid grid-cols-2 gap-48 md:gap-64\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-span-2 lg:col-span-1 xl:pr-56 lg:pt-56\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-y-24 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='flex flex-col gap-y-24'><h1 class='h1' data-scroll-class='expanaFadeInUp'>Manage costs<\/h1><p class='text-md font-labgLight leading-140' 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