Unit 13. Warehousing

Lead in

1

1. To buy at the lowest price, consistent with desired quality and service.

2. To maintain a high inventory turnover, by reducing excess storage , carrying costs and inventory losses occurring due to deteriorations , obsolescence and pilferage.

3. To maintain continuity of supply, preventing interruption of the flow of materials and services to users.

4. To maintain the specified material quality level and a consistency of quality which permits efficient and effective operation.

5. To develop reliable alternate sources of supply to promote a competitive atmosphere in performance and pricing.

6. To minimize the overall cost of acquisition by improving the efficiency of operations and procedures.

7. To hire, develop, motivate and train personnel and to provide a reservoir of talent.

8. To develop and maintain good supplier relationships in order to create a supplier attitude and desire furnish the organisation with new ideas, products, and better prices and service.

9. To achieve a high degree of cooperation and coordination with user departments.

10. To maintain good records and controls that provide an audit trail and ensure efficiency and honesty.

11. To participate in Make or Buy decisions.

Vocabulary

2.

1. e; 2. j; 3. g; 4. a; 5. с; 6. b; 7. d; 8. f; 9. h; 10. i

3.

1. outdated; 2. collateral; 3. rugged; 4. movable; 5. obtaining; 6. bunching; 7. packing; 8. collapsible

4.

1. hand pallet truck; 2. shrink wrap; 3. cross-docking; 4. value added services; 5. loading bay; 6. sortation technology; 7. receiving; 8. break bulk

5.

1. order picking; 2. loading bay; 3. break bulk; 4. hand pallet truck; 5. stretch wrap; 6. cross-docking; 7. value added services; 8. sortation system

Reading 1

C

1. d; 2. e; 3. f; 4. g; 5. b; 6. c; 7. a.

D

1. j; 2. to i; 3. c; 4. k; 5. l; 6. f; 7. g; 8. h; 9. b; 10. a; 11. d; 12. e.

E

1. to maintain, maintenance, maintability, maintainer, maintainable; 2. to facilitate, facility, facilitation, facilitator, facilitatory; 3. to industrialize, industry, industrialist, industrial.

F

1. at, in. 2. in, for, of. 3. on, rather than. 4. for, on. 5. to. 6. on. 7. for. 8. to.

Grammar

1.

1. my brother’s colleague; 2. one of the most well-known business centers in Moscow / one of Moscow’s well-known business centers; 3. a glass of wine; 4. Jack’s documents; 5. at Chris’s/at Chris’s office; 6. At the end of the meeting, Mr. Dexter’s salary; 7. The decision of the government/ the government’s decision 8. the name of the street/ the street’s name; 9. yesterday’s voting; 10. The cost of a new computer/ a new computer’s cost.

2.

1. The CEO's office; 2. The auditors' investigations; 3. The employees' meeting; 4. The company's policy; 5. The Minister of Finance’s speech; 6. My father-in-law's business; 7. two hours' meeting; 8. Today's newspaper; 9. Four days' conference; 10. Mike and Janette’s area of work; 11. These men’s email addresses.

3.

1. Sales forecast, staff meeting; 2. Market survey, admission of liability; 3. Internet access, press release; 4. Loss of confidence, company profits; 5. Contingency plan, capital expenditure; 6. Speed of response, stock option; 7. Insurance contract, bank loan; 8. Invoice discounting, lack of expertise; 9. Bank overdraft, job offer; 10. Venture capital, cost of progress.

4.

1. sounds, it; 2. is, is; 3. have been made, are, them; 4. is, is not, it; 5. Is, it; 6. are, them; 7. is, is/are; 8. is, it; 9. are, is, it; 10. are, them.

Speaking

1 b, 2 b, 3 e, 4 b, 5 c, 6 b, 7 c, 8 a, 9 b, 10 b

Reading 2

C

1. g; 2. f; 3. h; 4. c; 5. a; 6. b; 7. e; 8. d.

D

1. key; 2. data; 3. primarily; 4. objective; 5. initial; 6. to monitor; 7. today; 8. to use.

E

1. to computerize, computer, computerist, computernik; 2. to depend, dependence, dependency, dependent, dependable; 3. to economise, economy, economical.

F

9. within. 2. on. 3. as. 4. into. 5. in. 6. beyond. 7. to, on. 8. with.