UNIT1 to logistics| 9
Introduction
9 Replace verbswithwordsfromthe boxthat havethesamemeanlng.
the underlined
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provide. train . organize. ensure. informabout . check
r Wesupplvsoftwarefor the carindustry.
z I oftenadviseclientson the mostsuitabletransportmethod.
3 In my job I haveto makesurethat passengers arriveon schedule.
4 My job is to supervise
incominggoods.
5 | alsoplanthetransport of goods.
6 | instructstaff.
1O Comptetethe form with your own job detaits.Usecompletesentencesand expressionsfrom
this unit.
Jobprofile:
Company: I worK
for
Jobtitte:
Mainresponsibilities:
3-5 keyactivities:
ACT IVIT IES
T A I K I l { G A B OUTREGUL AR
WhentatkingaboutgeneraIfactsand describing whatwe normalty
do,
we usethe presentsimple.lt is oftenusedwith wordsthat sayhow
oftensomethinghappens,e.g.usually,often,always,sometimes,every,
etc.We usethe verbdo to makequestions and negativestatements:
I workfor on internationallogisticscompany.
He usuollyspendsa lot of time with his customers.
Do you ship goods to Asia?
He doesn'twork in the Europeanoffice.
10 J\l- 1 Intro du ctioto
n Lo eis t ic s
11 put thewordsin theright order.Usethecorrectformof theverb.
1 an exceltent/ provide/ delivery service / my company.
2 you/ how much/ handleI cargo/ peryear?
3 to othercountries / not ship/ we / chemical products.
4 responsible for/ be/ the warehouse manager I alsolvehicles
andmachinery.
5 to foreigncompanies / carparts/ this vendor / suppty ?
6 usually/ arrange / for companies / a freightforwarder / documentation.
1 2 Workwith a partner.Followthe stepsbelowto practisethis diatogue.
A AskB whathe/shedoes.
B Respond. TetlA whereyouwork.
A AskB to giveyousomedetailsaboutthe job.
B TettA aboutyourmainjob activities. job.
ThenaskA abouthis/her
A Respond. Describeyourjob activities.
1J Completethe crcsswordpuzzlewith wordsfrom this unit.
Across
4 Anotherword for freight. tr
5 Whatyou storein the warehouse.
6 Workcloselytogether withsomebody.
T
T
Down
r Anotherword for organize.
T
z To giveinformationaboutthe price.
3 Anotherword for supervise.
5 Sendgoods.
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Logistics services
Logisticsuseslots of acronyms.Howmanydo you know?Testyourself by writing theseonesout.
r FCL
z 3PL
3 HGV
4DC
5 LCL
6 EDI
7 VAS
8 RFID
9 lS0
ro GPS
ilatch the words(r-8) with theirdefinitions (a-h) betow.
1 transshipment n
z break-bulk T
3 cross-docking T
4 orderpicking u
5 reversetogistics T
6 tracking
andtracing I
7 warehousing l
8 collection n
a directflow of goodsfromreceiptat warehouse to shipping,bypassing
storage
b collectingand handlingof usedor damagedgoodsor of reusable transitequipment
c loadinggoodsfromonemeansof carriage ontoanother
d setectingandassembling itemsfromstockfor shipments
e packinggoodsin small,separable units
f pickingup goodsat a namedplace
g receivingandstoringgoods
h locatingitemsin transit
