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Recap

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Recap

In the previous lesson you learnt to:

• Understand the structure of a presentation

• Use signposting language

• Use linking language

• Prepare and deliver a presentation

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Supply Chain Management


At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

• Describe a process

• Use passive when talking about a process

• Use sequencers to organise a description of a process

• Write about a process


Learning Objectives


• What can you see in the picture below? How would you define a ‘supply chain’?


Supply Chain Management


Match the definitions.


Pre Listening Tasks

Words Definitions

1. complexity of (n)a. an important basic part of something complicated,

for example, a system or plan

2. Intricacy (n)b. to make something clean by removing dirty or

harmful substances from it

3. element (n) c. the complicated nature of something

4. notion (n) d. To put goods on display ready for sale

5. fundamental (adj) tenet (n)e. to start doing something or to start to have success

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Match the definitions.


Pre Listening Tasks

Words Definitions

6. break into the bottled water business (phr v) (transitive)

f. relating to the basic nature or character of somethinga principle, or a belief

7. purify (v) (regular) (transitive)g. the complicated parts or details of something such

as a system or problem or pattern

8. distribution (n)[uncountable]h. to remember to consider something when you are

thinking about or doing something else

9. bearing something in mind (expression) (transitive)

i. the process of supplying goods from one central place to shops

10. To stock the shelves (v) (regular) (transitive)

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Listening Skills• Listen to part of a lecture on supply chain management.

• Then check your answers with your partner.


Pre Listening Tasks


Answers


Pre Listening Tasks

Words Definitions

1. complexity of (n) c. the complicated nature of something

2. Intricacy (n)g. the complicated parts or details of something such

as a system or problem or pattern

3. element (n)a. an important basic part of something complicated,

for example, a system or plan

4. notion (n) j. knowledge or understanding of something

5. fundamental (adj) tenet (n)f. relating to the basic nature or character of something

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Answers


Pre Listening Tasks

Words Definitions

6. break into the bottled water business (phr v) (transitive)

e. to start doing something or to start to have success in your career or an area of activity

7. purify (v) (regular) (transitive)b. to make something clean by removing dirty or

harmful substances from it

8. distribution (n)[uncountable]i. the process of supplying goods from one central place

to shops

9. bearing something in mind (expression) (transitive)

h. to remember to consider something when you are thinking about or doing something else

10. To stock the shelves (v) (regular) (transitive)

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Match the pictures to the nouns:


Exercise

bottling plant spillage shrink wrap forklift plastic cap


Answers


Exercise

plastic cap forklift bottling plant shrink wrap spillage



Exercise

Complete the following sentences using the words from 16.1.1.

1. The rooms are fitted with systems that ____________ the air and water.

2. She was familiar with the ______________ of international law.

3. Do you ____________ green tea?

4. __________________ that it's Christmas, how much do you think the flight will cost?

5. Difficulties were caused by the __________________ the application process.

6. Plans have been made for the for the marketing and __________________of the new

software.

7. I haven't the faintest ____________ what you're talking about.

8. Our new management system includes two __________________.For Aptech Centre Use Only

Complete the following sentences using the words from 16.1.1.

1. The rooms are fitted with systems that ____________ the air and water.

2. She was familiar with the ______________ of international law.

3. Do you ____________ green tea?

4. __________________ that it's Christmas, how much do you think the flight will cost?

5. Difficulties were caused by the __________________ the application process.

6. Plans have been made for the for the marketing and __________________of the new

software.

7. I haven't the faintest ____________ what you're talking about.

8. Our new management system includes two __________________.


Exercise

purify

intricacies

stock

Bearing in mind

complexity

distribution

notion

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Listening Skills

• Listen to the lecture giving an introduction to Supply chain management.


Supply Chain Management Process


While listening answer the following either True or False.

1. Supply chains are a group of different organisations.

2. Supply chains are always complex.

3. The customer is central to the supply chain.

4. A bottle of water has four components.

5. Cardboard boxes are shrink wrapped.

6. Shopkeepers make a large profit on bottled water.

7. Storage fridges are free.

8. Supply chain managers are good organisers.


Exercise


Answers

1. Supply chains are a group of different organisations.

2. Supply chains are always complex.

3. The customer is central to the supply chain.

4. A bottle of water has four components.

5. Cardboard boxes are shrink wrapped.

6. Shopkeepers make a large profit on bottled water.

7. Storage fridges are free.

8. Supply chain managers are good organisers.


Exercise

True

False

True

False

True

True

True

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Speaking Skills


Opinion

1. What is the profit to the entrepreneur? And to the retailer?

2. Is the water bottling industry a good business to invest in?

3. Look at the figures below. Do they surprise you? Discuss with your partner if you think these figures are realistic.

4. What overheads do you think the retailer must pay?

5. How much profit do you think they now make out of the $67c they receive from you for the water?

Where the money goes on a $1.45 bottle of water Amount

Retailer $0.67

Transportation $0.47

Water Bottle Production $0.16

Profit to manufacturer $0.15


Look at the following and underline the passive in each of the following sentences.

1. If your company makes a product from parts purchased from suppliers, and those products are sold to customers, then you have a supply chain.

2. The complexity of the supply chain will vary with the size of the business and the intricacy and numbers of items that are manufactured.

3. A simple supply chain is made up of several elements that are linked by the movement of products along it.

4. Back to those bottles and caps, they will be transported to your factory in card board boxes.

5. Those boxes must be shrink wrapped, to keep the bottles all together, then put on pallets and carried by forklift to a lorry which will drive them to you.

6. When the bottles are taken from the distribution centre to the shops and vending machines we again need more drivers.


Passive Voice


Answers

1. If your company makes a product from parts purchased from suppliers, and those products are sold to customers, then you have a supply chain.

2. The complexity of the supply chain will vary with the size of the business and the intricacy and numbers of items that are manufactured.

3. A simple supply chain is made up of several elements that are linked by the movement of products along it.

4. Back to those bottles and caps, they will be transported to your factory in card board boxes.

5. Those boxes must be shrink wrapped, to keep the bottles all together, then put on pallets and carried by forklift to a lorry which will drive them to you.

6. When the bottles are taken from the distribution centre to the shops and vending machines we again need more drivers.


Passive Voice


Thinking

• Look at the picture of

how plastic bottles and

caps are made in a

factory.


Writing About a Process


1. Where does the process start

and where does it end? Label

each stage of the process 1-10.

Check with another pair.

2. Discuss what you think happens

before stage 1 and what

happens after stage 9. Compare

your thoughts with another pair.


Writing About a Process


Answers

1. lorry from oil refinery

2. raw materials

3. high pressure oven

4. PET plastic granules

5. recycled PET plastic

6. injection moulder melts plastic and forces it into blow moulder

7. blow moulder releases product -removed by technician

8. quality controller

9. packaging

10. warehouse storage


Writing about a Process


It is very important to plan before writing anything. Look at the plan and write notes of what you are going to include in each paragraph.


Planning

Planning notes

Para 1 Introduction and overview of picture

Para 2How process begins up to mixing of

plastic

Para 3From granules to product

Para 4From product creation to warehouse


• Compare your plan with your partner.

• Discuss any differences in approach and finalise your plan.


Exercise


Now prepare to write about 200 words. Two things to think about using when writing about a process are:

1. Sequencers for example, next, then, after, before, once, show the order in which things happen.

Now look back at the text. What other sequencers can you find?

2. Passive


Exercise


• Check each other’s finished work.

• Correct any mistakes and highlight any points that could be made better.


Exercise


Compare your answers with the model answer.

The diagram shows the various stages involved in the making of plastic bottles and caps in a plastic bottling plant. Clearly, this is a complex procedure that involves a wide range of complicated machinery and many workers with different skill sets.

Initially, the raw materials have to be transported from the oil refinery to the plant. On arrival these are transferred to a large storage drum and from there they are put into a special oven which heats them at high pressure to create the PET plastic granules. These granules are then mixed with recycled PET granules to create the right mix ready to convert them into plastic bottles.

To do this, the plastic granules are funnelled into an injection moulder which melts the plastic. This is then forced into the blow moulder where the shape of the bottles are made. When they are ready they are removed from the machine by a technician and transferred to the conveyor belt for packaging.

It is here that the bottles or caps are monitored for quality and purpose by the quality controller. Any damaged or faulty products are recycled. The products that are fit for purpose are then packaged into

cardboard boxes. These boxes are then taken to the warehouse, in this case by a forklift.


Check Your Answer



Test Your Knowledge

1. Rearrange the components of the supply chain.

Components Correct Order

1 Manufacturer

2 Shopper

3 Retailer

4 Distributor

5 Supplier



Test Your Knowledge

1. Answers

Components Correct Order

1 Manufacturer Supplier

2 Shopper Manufacturer

3 Retailer Distributor

4 Distributor Retailer

5 Supplier Shopper



Test Your Knowledge

2. Identify the passive voice.

Sentences

1 I don’t believe it could have been written by him!.

2 She opened the door and walked in.

3 The article was written in 2014.

4 The producer gave the instructions.

5 The entire event was planned by James.



Test Your Knowledge

2. Answers

Sentences

1 I don’t believe it could have been written by him!.

2 She opened the door and walked in.

3 The article was written in 2014.

4 The producer gave the instructions.

5 The entire event was planned by James.



In a Nutshell…

In this lesson you learnt to:

• Describe a process

• Use passive when talking about a process

• Use sequencers to organise a description of a process

• Write about a process


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