{"id":16403,"date":"2021-04-11T11:02:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T19:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=16403"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:59:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:59:06","slug":"bep-373-english-for-supply-chain-management-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2021\/04\/11\/bep-373-english-for-supply-chain-management-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 373 &#8211; English for Supply Chain Management (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16403-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP373-Supply-Chain-Management-2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP373-Supply-Chain-Management-2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP373-Supply-Chain-Management-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 373 - English for Supply Chain Management 2\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP373POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-373-Supply-Chain-Management-Vocabulary-2.jpg\" alt=\"BEP 373 - English for Supply Chain Management 2\" width=\"1500\" height=\"645\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-373-Supply-Chain-Management-Vocabulary-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-373-Supply-Chain-Management-Vocabulary-2-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-373-Supply-Chain-Management-Vocabulary-2-600x258.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-373-Supply-Chain-Management-Vocabulary-2-768x330.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today\u2019s lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/supply-chain\/\" title=\"English for supply chain and logistics\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">English for supply chain management<\/a>. Today we\u2019re going to look at the retail side of the supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s world, distance isn\u2019t always a barrier to doing business. It doesn\u2019t matter if your company is located in France, Thailand, or the U.S. You can sell to customers anywhere in the world. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n<p>We call this web of activity the supply chain. And in today\u2019s lesson, we\u2019ll rejoin a meeting at an American clothing company, where managers are discussing the retail side of their supply chain. During their conversation, they use lots of language specific to supply chain management. This language includes what we call \u201ccollocations,\u201d or natural combinations of words.<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/english-collocations\/\" title=\"Business English Collocations\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">English speakers learn collocations<\/a>, they don\u2019t 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\u2019s dialog, 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, 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\u2019re talking about expanding their retail operations in southeast Asia, and they use many collocations specific to supply chain management in their conversation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tWhat does Tanya say is very ambitious?<br \/>\n2.\tWhat does Tanya say has fortunately not been impacted by being so busy?<br \/>\n3.\tAccording to Tanya, what will having a 4PL enable them to do?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP373SN-Supply-Chain2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP373QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP373PC.mp3\" 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