1) Increase 2) Intensify 1) Business term 
Ramp up is a term used in economics and business to describe an increase in firm production ahead of anticipated increases in product demand. Alternatively, ramp up describes the period between product development, and maximum capacity utilization, characterized by product and process experimentation and improvements. Ramp up in the first sense of...
In commissioning a new mine or plant, operations begin slowly and cautiously and are then ramped up to, or above, design capacity.
Ramp up is British slang for to arrange, to organise.
verb bolster or strengthen; `We worked up courage`; `build up confidence`; `ramp up security in the airports`
A period of time during which effective blood levels of a drug are building up.