Mechanize \Mech"an*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mechanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mechanizing}.] [Cf. F. m['e]chaniser.] 1. To cause to be mechanical. --Shelley.
2. To introduce machinery into (a process) in order to reduce human effort or improve uniformity or quality of the result; especially, To cause to be accomplished by a mechanical means which requires little or no human supervision; to automate. [PJC]
3. Hence: (Mil.) To equip (an armed force) with tanks or other vehicles. [PJC]
The remaining cuts, he added, were part of a push to mechanize back-office functions.