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What is Logistics?

The answer to this is on your feet! Look at the shoes you are wearing; they may look simple, but it took a complex process to get them from raw materials to a product you can wear. The functions in this process are what make up logistics.

Let’s say you are wearing running shoes imported from Taiwan, made of leather and man-made materials. The soles may have been manufactured from synthetics made in India and formed into soles in Malaysia, then sent to Taiwan. The uppers may be leather taken from cattle raised in Argentina, cut in China, and sewn to the soles in Taiwan. The laces may be manufactured in Romania. The tongue may be made from the synthetics in India, but sewn in Pakistan.

The pieces are manufactured into the final product in Taiwan, and trucked to a port where they are shipped via ocean to, say, Vancouver. From there they go by train to Calgary, where they are unloaded into a warehouse for a large retail chain. As stores place orders, the shoes are shipped out to a store where you shop and eventually purchase them.

(edited from http://wordiq.com)

3. In the text, highlight the words and phrases which mean the same as these phrases:

  • through;

  • to buy smth;

  • to remove load from a vehicle, ship;

  • to take smth somewhere by a large road vehicle;

  • to deliver goods or make them available for people to buy;

  • a commercial building for keeping goods;

  • selling goods in shops to customers.

4. Logistics – success or failure? Here are some definitions of Logistics. Read and find the most appropriate. Explain your choice.

  • ‘movement of goods’

  • ‘the process of strategic managing and storage of materials or products and related information from any point in the manufacturing process through consumer fulfillment’

  • ‘practical arrangements that are needed in order to make a plan or activity successful’.

  • ‘the art and science of managing and controlling the flow of goods, energy, information and other resources’.

  • ‘a delivery of the required goods at the required place, at the required time, in the required state and to the required person… efficiently.’

  • ‘the process of designing, managing and improving such supply chains which might include purchasing, manufacturing, storage and, of course, transport’.

Pronunciation

  1. a) Listen to the tape and practise saying these words.

Taiwan Vancouver Calgary

Malaysia Argentina China Romania India Pakistan

b) Listen to the sentences and complete the table with countries, capitals/large industrial cities and nationalities.

Country

Capital/Large city

Nationality

Thai

Beijing

Malaysia

Romania

Delhi

Argentinian

Islamabad

Canada

Taipei

  1. a) Here is a list of some more countries. Complete the chart with the capitals and nationalities. Make use of a dictionary if necessary.

Country

Capital

Nationality

Turkey

Spain

Japan

Sweden

Switzerland

Austria

Belarus

Syria

Portugal

Greece

Italy

Poland

b

  • Ok. So, we’ll purchase Taiwanese leather. I will contact Mr. Lee.

  • Oh, I’ve heard he’s not in Taipei at the moment. He’s in Warsaw if I’m not mistaken.

  • Poland? What’s he doing there? Hmmm… Anyway, if he’s not back by the beginning of the next week, what shall we do?

  • Stop saving on the quality of raw materials and buy leather in Italy!

) Read and act out the following conversation.

c) Choose any 3-5 words from the table in ex.2a) (any columns) and make up a similar conversation.

Language Focus: Grammar

tense

active

passive

Present Simple

writes

is written

Present Continuous

is writing

is being written

Present Perfect

has written

has been written

Present Perfect Continuous

has been writing

-

Past Simple

wrote

was written

Past Continuous

was writing

was being written

Past Perfect

had written

had been written

Past Perfect Continuous

had been writing

-

Future Simple

will write

will be written

Future Continuous

will be writing

-

Future Perfect

will have written

will have been written

Present Infinitive

to write

to be written

Perfect Infinitive

to have written

to have been written

Present Participle

writing

being written

Perfect Participle

having written

having been written


Grammar Help Box

Active voice – The subject performs the action

Passive Voice – The subject receives the action

Passive Voice is used when it is more important to stress the thing done rather than the doer, or when the doer is unknown.

If the doer of the action or the instrument is mentioned, it is preceded by BY or WITH respectively.



  1. I n the text, find all the verbs. Underline all the active forms and circle all the passive forms.

  1. Compare pairs of sentences. Trace the change of meaning. What are the differences in emphasis between the sentences in each pair?

  • The expert monitors the process of shipping, if there are orders.

  • If there are orders, the process of shipping should be monitored.

  • In 1989, Mr. Tibbet and Mr. Britten established “Unique Logistics International”.

  • “Unique Logistics International” was established in 1989 in the UK.

  • Explosives and flammables are not permitted for transportation.

  • The Government doesn’t permit people to transport explosives and flammables.

  1. Transform active into passive and vice versa.

    Active

    Passive

    1. Logistics managers regulate the retail chain.

    1. The retail chain ….

    2. Stores are placing orders at the moment.

    2. … by stores.

    3. They ….

    3. Goods were unloaded into a warehouse.

    4. The company has purchased textile raw materials.

    4. … recently.

    5. They will ship products via ocean.

    5. These days ….

    6. Indians can make synthetics.

    6. If there is demand ….

    7. The Portuguese ….

    7. The shirts may have been manufactured from silk in Portugal.

  2. Look back at ex. 4, p. 5., paraphrase the sentences concerning the definitions of logistics using Passive Voice, as in the example.

EXAMPLE: Logistics is movement of goods. = Logistics is the process when goods are moved from one place to another.

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