That would be a disaster. People would earn those bonuses with things like cutting R&D, making people work more hours for the same pay, and neglecting maintenan

That would be a disaster. People would earn those bonuses with things like cutting R&D, making people work more hours for the same pay, and neglecting maintenance/repair, which all show cost savings in the short term and run the organization into the ground in the long run. As attractive as it is to think there's a quick-and-easy solution here, there is not. It requires constant vigilance from quality leadership to fall into neither the trap of bloat nor the one of foolish cost-cutting.