10. Packing.

The equipment your company produces is to be shipped in export packing corresponding [корисп’ондин] to the nature of each particular type of the equipment. The packing is to secure the full safety of the goods from any kind of damage and corrosion [кэ‘роузен] during its transportation.

The goods are to be packed so as not to allow for their free movement inside the package. The cases in which the equipment is packed are to be marked.

The marking should be clearly made with indelible [инд‘елибл] paint stating as follows: numbers of 1. Contract, 2. Trans, (транспортировка) 3. Case, (ящик) 4. Net weight, (вес нетто) 5. Gross weight, 6. Dimensions of the case in centimeters [санти‘митез].

The packages for which special handling is required should have additional marking: “Handle with care” or “Don’t turn over”.

Liquids [‘ликвидз - жидкости] are usually transported in carboys, barrels and drums. Soft goods are transported in bales. Sugar, flour [‘флауэ] and things like these are transported in hessian sacks. Fragile [‘фраджайл - хрупкий] things are usually placed in polystyrene [полист’айэрин] moulds [‘муелдз - форма] and then in crates.

11. Industrial accidents. Injuries and treatment.

With health care costs rising higher and higher, health insurance is becoming a near necessity.

To protect their employees from financial disaster and to protect themselves from the potential loss of employees – most businesses provide their employees with some kind of health insurance. Almost 75 percent of the US population is covered by employer-provided health insurance.

Also some companies offer wellness programs such as emphasize nutrition [‘ньютришен], physical fitness, cessation [се‘сейшн] of smoking, weight loss and stress reduction.

Health care coverage generally includes: 1. Hospital expenses such as room fees, emergency room fees, operating room charges, prescription drugs ordered by doctor. They are covered by hospitalization insurance. 2. Surgical (хирургические) and medical payment insurance covers the fees of surgeons, anesthesiologists and other attending physicians, the cost of doctor’s visits before and after surgery. 3. Major [‘мейдже] medical insurance covers expenses associated with serious illnesses such as cancer [к’энсер – рак]. Because the probability of having a serious medical problem is small, major medical insurance is reasonably priced. 4. Disability insurance provides steady payments while a worker is sick or disabled to work.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield are probably the best-known sources of health insurance.

12. The way of increasing productivity.

To identify the most effective way of increasing productivity you need to conduct a work study. That did mr.Grand, he decided to engage consultants who are specialists in work study, because he is worried about productivity.

Work study is analyzing job throughout the firm with a view to reorganizing then in order to decrease time and expenditure. The consultants propose to start work study in conjunction a scheme under which the employees could share some of the benefits of improvement. But despite on conducted survey mr. Grant didn't like it cause somebody would tell him how to run his own business. There are two main ways to increased productivity: 1. Robotics - robots have taken over many of the tasks previously carried out by workers, part of process of automation. This may be Computer Aided Design or Computer Assisted Manufacturing. 2. Re-engineering -more efficiently organized production process or re-design of a product. This concept has been applied to business and parts of business other than manufacturing and in this context is referred to as re-engineering or BPR.