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BEP 373 – English for Supply Chain Management (2)

BEP 373 - English for Supply Chain Management 2

Bem-vindo de volta ao Pod de inglês para negócios para obter a lição de hoje sobre English for supply chain management. Today we’re going to look at the retail side of the supply chain.

No mundo de hoje, distance isn’t always a barrier to doing business. It doesn’t matter if your company is located in France, Thailand, or the U.S. You can sell to customers anywhere in the world.

Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Getting your products onto shelves in other continents, or even other parts of your country, is complex. It relies on a web of people, warehouses, and information. And it might involve multiple forms of transportation, including trucks, ships, cargo planes, and trains.

We call this web of activity the supply chain. And in today’s lesson, we’ll rejoin a meeting at an American clothing company, where managers are discussing the retail side of their supply chain. Durante a conversa deles, they use lots of language specific to supply chain management. This language includes what we call “collocations,” or natural combinations of words.

When English speakers learn collocations, they don’t learn them one word at a time. Rather, they learn the words together, as a single expression. You can sound more fluent and natural in English if you learn these collocations, especially the ones related to your industry. As you listen to today’s dialog, tente escolher algumas dessas colocações e as discutiremos mais adiante no relatório.

Na caixa de diálogo, we’ll hear Cam and Tanya, who work for a clothing company called Boston Vintage. Tanya is a supply chain manager located in Malaysia. Cam is based in the U.S. and works as a production planner. They’re talking about expanding their retail operations in southeast Asia, and they use many collocations specific to supply chain management in their conversation.

Perguntas de escuta

1. What does Tanya say is very ambitious?
2. What does Tanya say has fortunately not been impacted by being so busy?
3. According to Tanya, what will having a 4PL enable them to do?

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BEP 372 – English for Supply Chain Management (1)

BEP 372 - English for Supply Chain Management and Logistics (1)

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on English for logistics and supply chain management. Today we’re going to look at the manufacturing side of the supply chain.

When you pick a product off a shelf at a local store, it’s easy to forget what a long hard road that product has travelled. It may have parts and materials from all over the world. It may be shipped to multiple locations for processing. And once it’s ready and packaged, it may travel long distances to make it to your neighborhood.

This enormous network of information, people, materials, and processes is called a supply chain. And the people who coordinate everything are involved in supply chain management. Good supply chain management can make the difference between a happy customer and an angry customer, and between profit and loss.

Nesta lição, we’ll listen to a meeting at a clothing company with a complex supply chain connecting the U.S. and Asia. During the meeting, the colleagues use many English expressions we call “collocations.” Collocations are simply natural frequently occurring combinations of words. A good example of a collocation is “supply chain management.”

Native English speakers use collocations like this automatically. And specific groups of people or fields of work have certain collocations they commonly use. By studying these collocations, you’ll improve your vocabulary and sound more fluent. As you listen to the conversation, tente escolher algumas dessas colocações e as discutiremos mais adiante no relatório.

Na caixa de diálogo, we’ll hear Cam and Tanya. Cam is a production planner for Boston Vintage in the U.S. Tanya is a supply chain manager helping to develop the company’s supply chain in southeast Asia. Cam and Tanya use many collocations specific to supply chain management in their conversation about the manufacturing side of the supply chain.

Perguntas de escuta

1. What is Tanya’s first big concern on the manufacturing side of things?
2. What does Cam say that people on the ground have expectations about?
3. What does Tanya say will increase costs but help manage risk?

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VV 32 – Vocabulário de inglês para negócios: Comércio internacional

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Nisso Vídeo em inglês vocabulary lesson, vamos olhar vocabulário de inglês para negócios para o comércio internacional. O comércio internacional é uma pedra angular da nossa economia global, como as mercadorias fluem constantemente por via aérea e são enviadas ao redor do mundo. Nesta lição, veremos como tudo funciona. Pelo caminho, aprenderemos vocabulário chave relacionado ao processo de comércio internacional.

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VV 31 – Vocabulário de inglês para negócios: Cadeia de mantimentos (2)

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Nesta lição de vídeo de vocabulário, vamos olhar vocabulário inglês for describing some of the processes involved in managing the supply chain, such as warehousing, purchasing, and materials management. We’ll also cover more advanced concepts such as enterprise resource planning, just in time manufacturing, and quality assurance.

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VV 30 – Vocabulário de inglês para negócios: Cadeia de mantimentos (1)

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Nesta lição de vídeo de vocabulário, vamos olhar vocabulário de inglês para negócios para descrever as etapas básicas da cadeia de suprimentos, começando com fornecedores, que vendem materiais ou peças para os fabricantes que montam produtos. Os produtos então vão para os distribuidores, que os transportam para os varejistas, onde eles são vendidos a consumidores ou usuários finais.

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