Additional text Freight transport

Freight transport, or shipping, is a key in the value chain in manufacturing. With increased specialization and globalization, production is being located further away from consumption, rapidly increasing the demand for transport. While all modes of transport are used for cargo transport, there is high differentiation between the nature of the cargo transport, in which mode is chosen.  Logistics refers to the entire process of transferring products from producer to consumer, including storage, transport, transshipment, warehousing, material-handling and packaging, with associated exchange of information. Incoterm deals with the handling of payment and responsibility of risk during transport.

Containerization, with the standardization of ISO containers on all vehicles and at all ports, has revolutionized international and domestic trade, offering huge reduction in transshipment costs. Traditionally, all cargo had to be manually loaded and unloaded into the haul of any ship or car; containerization allows for automated handling and transfer between modes, and the standardized sizes allow for gains in economy of scale in vehicle operation. This has been one of the key driving factors in international trade and globalization since the 1950s.

Task 1. Read and translate the text .

Task 2.Indentify the main points of the text and discuss them with your fellow-students.

Task 3.Work with partner and make up a dialog on the text.

MODULE 4

Unit 10

Text Study: The Work of Logistics.

Additional text: Transport planning

Grammar: Gerund

Text Study

1. Pre-reading exercises.

Exercise 1.Practice connected reading. Translate the following word-combinations .

Supply chain management, to support ownership transfer, possession benefits, integrated logistical management, logistical work, material handling and packaging, order processing ,current information technology, managing customer requirements, to achieve desired customer service, financial investment in inventory, logistical system viewpoint, a logistics operating solution, geographical relationship, to perform logistical operations,

network design.

Exercise 2. Memories the essential vocabulary and translate the sentences containing it.

1.logistics – логістика, матеріально-технічне забезпечення. Logistics, in contract to supply chain management, is the work required to move and position inventory throughout a supply chain.

2. inventory -- товарно-матеріальні запаси, наявні товари.Logistics is the process that creates value by timing and positioning inventory.

3.transportation -- перевезення, транспортування. Transportation is a very visible element of logistics.

4. warehousing -- зберігання на складах, складування. Economic benefits of warehousing occur when overall logistics costs are reduced.

5.supply – постачання, поставки. What managers are experiencing today can be described as supply chaine revolution and a related logistical renaissance.

6.packaging --пакування, укладання. Logistics is a combination of a firm’s order management, inventory, transportation, warehousing, materials handling and packaging as integrated throughout a facility network.

7.in practice – на практиці, фактично. In practice each firm engaged in a supply chain is involved in performing logistics.

8.primary -- первинний, основний. Logistics is the primary conduit of product and service flow within a supply chain arrangement.

9.profitability – прибутковість, рентабельність. Supply chain integration is a means to increased profitability and growth and not an end in itself.

10. to review -- переглядати, перевіряти, розглядати. As may be reviewed shortly, dramatic change continues to evolve in supply chaine practice.

Exercise 3. Read the following international words and give their all possible Ukrainian equivalents.

Material, associate, military, process, information, firm, container, person, pallet, effective, activity, texture, logistical management.