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key terms.
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z Procurement is
3 A retailer is a business
I Customer order cycle time is the time
5 A wholesaler is
6 JIT - just in time is a concept
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UNIT 3 Inventory management and procurement I 21
a customers are prepared to wait for the delivery of their order.
b of reducing inventories by co-ordinating the detivery of materiats just before they are needed.
c it takes to produce and supply a product.
d an intermediary between manufacturers and retailers which buys in large quantities and resells
in smaller quantities.
e that buys products from wholesalers ormanufacturers and resells them to the uttimate
consumer.
f the purchasing of goods (materials, parts, supplies, equipment) required to run an enterprise.
Listen to an expert presenting an inventory management system to the managers of a large retail
store. Then saywhich of the statements are true Z or fakeE.
r The inventory system is catted CPR.
z ll's a sales-based system.
3 The system co-ordinates the flow of information and goods in the togistichain.
4 Young Fashion has used the system for six years now.
5 Orders are electronically transferred to the warehouse.
6 The store has reduced transport and inventory costs by about 25 per cent
Объяснение.
1. He has finished training.
2. She has scored twenty points in the match.
3. We have watched all the Champions League matches this season. That's amazing!
4. She has run fifteen kilometers this morning!
5. She has bought some really nice roller blades!
6. Oh, no! I have lost my money!
7. My mum has written shopping list. It's on the kitchen table.
8. Dad, you have eaten my biscuit!
9. I’m tired. I have watched three X-Files videos.
10. Hurry up! They have started the film!
11. Mary has studied hard this year, so she'll pass her exams.
12. Oh no! She has dropped the plate!
13. The garden is very green. It has rained a lot this month.
13. These are my favourite trousers. I have had them for five years.
14. Tom's my best friend. I have known him for three years.
15. They have lived in Miami for two years.
16. Jo has earache. He has had it since 7 o'clock.
17. Brad has been living in Chicago since 1998
1. He has finished training.
2. She has scored twenty points in the match.
3. We have watched all the Champions League matches this season. That's amazing!
4. She has run fifteen kilometers this morning!
5. She has bought some really nice roller blades!
6. Oh, no! I have lost my money!
7. My mum has written shopping list. It's on the kitchen table.
8. Dad, you have eaten my biscuit!
9. I’m tired. I have watched three X-Files videos.
10. Hurry up! They have started the film!
11. Mary has studied hard this year, so she'll pass her exams.
12. Oh no! She has dropped the plate!
13. The garden is very green. It has rained a lot this month.
13. These are my favourite trousers. I have had them for five years.
14. Tom's my best friend. I have known him for three years.
15. They have lived in Miami for two years.
16. Jo has earache. He has had it since 7 o'clock.
17. Brad has been living in Chicago since 1998.
1. He has finished training.
2. She has scored twenty points in the match.
3. We have watched all the Champions League matches this season. That's amazing!
4. She has run fifteen kilometers this morning!
5. She has bought some really nice roller blades!
6. Oh, no! I have lost my money!
7. My mum has written shopping list. It's on the kitchen table.
8. Dad, you have eaten my biscuit!
9. I’m tired. I have watched three X-Files videos.
10. Hurry up! They have started the film!
11. Mary has studied hard this year, so she'll pass her exams.
12. Oh no! She has dropped the plate!
13. The garden is very green. It has rained a lot this month.
13. These are my favourite trousers. I have had them for five years.
14. Tom's my best friend. I have known him for three years.
15. They have lived in Miami for two years.
16. Jo has earache. He has had it since 7 o'clock.
17. Brad has been living in Chicago since 1998
Объяснение: