{"id":16371,"date":"2021-03-28T12:46:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T20:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=16371"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:58:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:58:37","slug":"bep-372-english-for-supply-chain-management-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2021\/03\/28\/bep-372-english-for-supply-chain-management-1\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 372 &#8211; English for Supply Chain Management (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16371-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP372-Supply-Chain-Management-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP372-Supply-Chain-Management-1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP372-Supply-Chain-Management-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 372 - English for Supply Chain Management 1\" href=\"\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP372POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-372-English-Vocabulary-Supply-Chain-Management-1.jpg\" alt=\"BEP 372 - English for Supply Chain Management and Logistics (1)\" width=\"1500\" height=\"654\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-372-English-Vocabulary-Supply-Chain-Management-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-372-English-Vocabulary-Supply-Chain-Management-1-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-372-English-Vocabulary-Supply-Chain-Management-1-600x262.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-372-English-Vocabulary-Supply-Chain-Management-1-768x335.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today\u2019s lesson on English for logistics and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/supply-chain\/\" title=\"English for Supply Chain Management\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">supply chain management<\/a>. Today we\u2019re going to look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2016\/03\/08\/video-vocab-47-business-english-vocabulary-manufacturing-1\/\" title=\"VV 47 \u2013 English Vocabulary for Manufacturing 1\">manufacturing<\/a> side of the supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>When you pick a product off a shelf at a local store, it\u2019s 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\u2019s ready and packaged, it may travel long distances to make it to your neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>This enormous network of information, people, materials, and processes is called a supply chain. And the people who coordinate everything are involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/supply-chain\/\" title=\"English for supply chain management\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">supply chain management<\/a>. Good supply chain management can make the difference between a happy customer and an angry customer, and between profit and loss. <\/p>\n<p>In this lesson, we\u2019ll 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 \u201ccollocations.\u201d Collocations are simply natural frequently occurring combinations of words. A good example of a collocation is \u201csupply chain management.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>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\u2019ll improve your vocabulary and sound more fluent. As you listen to the conversation, try to pick out some of these collocations and we\u2019ll discuss them later in the debrief.<\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we\u2019ll 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\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tWhat is Tanya\u2019s first big concern on the manufacturing side of things?<br \/>\n2.\tWhat does Cam say that people on the ground have expectations about?<br \/>\n3.\tWhat does Tanya say will increase costs but help manage risk?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP372SN-Supply-Chain1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP372QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a 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