Уч.пос. Кузякин А.С., Попова Т.Г. Английский язык для управления цепями поставок

to handle shipping arrangements -

осуществлять контроль за перевозкой, проводить фрахтовые мероприятия

Ex. 2 Find a word in the text above that matches each definition below. The words appear in order.

1at an earlier stage in a process: ________________

2at a later stage in a process: _____________

3groups of things that are made (or dealt with) together: _____________

4large buildings for storing goods:_____________

5buildings used for the storage of goods which will later be shipped to retail outlets: ____________ ______________

6external firms that provide specialist services such as transportation and

warehousing: t_____ _____ ______ ________

7draw attention to something: _________ _____

8delays in one stage of a process that make the whole process take longer:

___________

9coming towards or arriving at (e.g. a factory or airport): __________

10(formal) goods for sale: ________________

11taking goods off a vehicle: ________________

12the design of the inner part of a wheel, with a central part and lines coming out of it: _____ ____ _____

13flat wooden structures used for moving or storing heavy goods:

_________________

14(two words) vehicles with special equipment at the front for lifting and moving heavy objects: ________ ________

15follow the progress of: __________

16arranged into a neat pile: __________ ____

17back sections of trucks that can be separated, and are used for carrying heavy objects: __________

18process of starting with a large quantity of goods, sorting them according to different destinations, and then re-packaging them with new shipping labels:

____________

Ex.3 Read the definitions and complete the examples with one of these words: cargo, freight.

1goods carried by ship or aircraft (+ of)

2goods carried by ship, train or aircraft; the system of moving these goods

a) a ship carrying a _________ of oil

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Ex. 5 Complete the text about logistics using the words in the box.

balancing ensuring forecasting handling linking negotiating selecting warehousing

'Logistics' is a term that is used in many different ways. Using a broad definition it can include all of the following:

Customer service

1 ________________ the right product is at the right place at the right time.

Demand 2 _______________ and planning

Determining the quantity of goods that need to be ordered in the future.

Inventory management and materials 3 _______________

Keeping the supply chain flowing, with no bottlenecks, by 4 ______________

the quantity of items at different locations and different stages in the process.

Communication technology

5 ____________ the organization to its suppliers with IT, for example to provide information about demand patterns to facilitate Just-In-Time delivery.

Transportation

6 _____________ the best means of transportation (i.e. air, rail, ship, truck).

Purchasing

7 ___________ with suppliers about price, availability, quality, etc.

8__________________

Locating and designing facilities that allow efficient storage and distribution.

All the above activities must be coordinated properly. Inevitably there will be trade-offs - less of one thing and more of something else - in order to achieve the best outcome overall.

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Ex. 6 Listen to the dialogue ‘Talking About Inventory’ and commentaries coming after it. Give English definitions to the words and expressions in bold print. Learn the dialogue by heart and dramatize it with another student in class.

Foreman: Okay, people. Listen up.

This is your first day on the job in this warehouse and you need to know what we do here. This warehouse keeps all of the stock for the 10 stores in this region. We get merchandise from the supplier and it’s our job to organize it and store it until it goes to the retail outlets. One of the reasons our stores can offer such low prices is that they operate on the principles of economies of scale. This means that we buy in bulk and there’s a lot to catalogue and store. We even have some stock on consignment, so it’s all the more important that we’re able to keep track of any merchandise that comes through here. Any questions?

Carla: Yeah, are we the end of the supply chain or do we send merchandise to other warehouses?

Foreman: We are it. Merchandise comes to us from suppliers and we distribute it to the stores. Any other questions?

Carla: Does merchandise ever go missing?

Foreman: It better not go missing under my watch. That’s why we do an inventory twice a year. If anything is unaccounted for, I won’t be a happy camper. Okay, people, line up to get your assignments...

(from ESL Podcast 464)

Ex. 7 Questions for discussion

1.What is a supply chain?

2.What does the supply chain management involve?

3.Which of the two terms would you prefer “logistics” or “supply chain management” and why?

4.Why is “logistics” a complex notion?

Unit 1 The importance of an efficient supply chain

Control of the supply chain turns critical

by Stephen Pritchard

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An efficient supply chain is a prize worth working for. According to the consultancy firm Accenture, ‘supply chain leadership’ can increase a company’s market value by between 7 and 26 per cent above the industry average. But for a business, even competing for that prize demands a significant investment in resources. In sectors such as consumer goods and retailing, established companies have already achieved the easiest supply-chain efficiencies. Making further improvements is much more difficult.

Nonetheless, an efficient supply chain is a must for a widening range of businesses. Fashion, hi-tech and grocery retailers realised early on the importance of ensuring the right stock reached the right store at the right time. No one wants a warehouse full of summer dresses at the beginning of autumn or indeed shelves of last season's mobile phones in the weeks before Christmas. But the supply chain is now moving up the agenda in slower-moving sectors, such as heavy manufacturing.

Effective supply-chain management is the only way to make efficient use of global sourcing strategies, and especially the huge manufacturing capacity of China and south-east Asia. Although globalisation has reduced production costs in a wide range of sectors, the trend to source components or even finished goods from China and elsewhere has made the supply-chain manager’s task far harder. 'Our internal systems handle more than 700 suppliers’ says Christian Verstraete, worldwide supply-chain expert at Hewlett-Packard. ‘We have to be able to exchange messages not just with them, but with their suppliers.’

‘Supply-chain managers in many sectors are looking for greater visibility why there is a problem with an order,’ says Sanjiv Sidu, President of i2, a vendor of management software for supply chains. They are asking: ‘When did you first know, and why did you surprise me?’

In sectors such as retail, supply-chain problems lead to ‘stock-outs’ or empty shelves, which send customers elsewhere. In heavy or complex manufacturing, supply-chain problems can lead to cancelled orders running into billions of dollars, or severe penalties for late delivery.

As manufacturers move away from vertically integrated production, where all steps of the production process are controlled in-house, the supply chain suddenly becomes critical. ‘In aerospace and defence, we are 10 years behind the hi-tech or even automotive sectors, and how we improve the performance of our supply chain is quite a challenge,’ explains Bill Black, Chief Quality Officer at aerospace manufacturer EADS. ‘The cost of running our supply-chain logistics is minor, set against the $I00m cost of an aircraft. But the cost of failure is enormous.’

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‘About 80 per cent of the cost of an aircraft is accounted for by suppliers and partners,’ says Black, making EADS ‘a coordinator of complex products’. ‘I need to know if an event can affect our master schedule, and that means that I need to know what is happening, not just with my tier-one suppliers, but with tier-three, -four or - five suppliers as well.’

Ex. 1 Translate the article above using the vocabulary and comments

Ex. 2 Which of the following statements are true and which are false?

1. Manufacturers of consumer goods, retailers in fashion items, hi-tech T/F industry and grocery sectors have already got an efficient supply chain

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4.Heavy manufacturing sector has already put efficient supply chains at T/F the top list of its priorities

5.China’s and south-east Asian countries’ huge manufacturing capacity T/F underlies the interest of the world leading economies to the strategy of global sourcing

6.Hewlett-Packard logistics expert has to deal with over 700 suppliers T/F and doesn’t think it worthwhile to communicate with suppliers of his suppliers

9.Severe penalty for late delivery is a way of discouraging ineffective T/F suppliers

10.In aerospace and complex production sectors supply chain T/F efficiency has not been critical lately

Ex. 3 Translate from Russian into English

1.Эффективная цепь поставок это насущная необходимость для все более широкого круга предприятий.

2.Глобализация уменьшила производственные расходы во многих секторах экономики.

3.Неблагоприятные погодные условия могут повлиять на своевременную доставку грузов.

4.Когда вы впервые узнали о проблеме и почему не поставили нас в известность?

5.Проблемы в цепях поставок могут привести к срыву выполнения заказов.

Ex.4 Find words in the article which fit these meanings

1companies which sell products to the public : r____________

2goods or products which are stored and waiting to be sold : s_____________

3another name for a shop : s_____________

4a place to store goods : w________________

5to buy or get materials, components, etc. : s____________

6when not enough goods are produced by a manufacturer : s____________

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7send to a different destination : d_________________

8a company that sells to another company: v______________

9when shops have empty shelves : s___________

10financial punishments : p_______________

11direct suppliers to a customer : t____________________

12suppliers to the suppliers of a company's direct suppliers, suppliers to those suppliers, etc. : t_____________________

Ex. 5 Match words with numbers (1-6) and letters (a-f) to make noun-noun partnerships from the article.

Ex. 6 Complete these sentences using the prepositions in the box.

1.An efficient supply chain is a prize worth working ______.

2.It needs a lot of resources to compete _____ the prize of an efficient supply

chain.

3.The importance of the supply chain is moving ____ the agenda.

4.Supply-chain managers are looking ____ faster access to information.

5.In cases of production shortfalls, companies may need to bring ____ alternative suppliers.

6.In the retail sector, supply-chain problems can lead ____ empty shelves.

7.The cost of cancelled orders can run ____ billions of dollars.

8.Manufacturers are moving _____ ______ vertically integrated production.

9.The costs of running supply chains in the aerospace industry are small when set

____ the cost of building an aircraft.

10.About 80 per cent of the cost of an aircraft is accounted ____ by

suppliers.

a)result in

b)taken up

c)trying hard to get

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