Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Логистика и управление цепями поставок)

Give English equivalents for the words and phrases given below:

будущий спрос; вывоз продуктов; добавленная стоимость; закупки; концепция бизнеса; логист; передовая позиция; плохо вооруженный; потребление; программное обеспечение моделирования на предприятии; производственная логистика; товарный поток; транспортировка; управление материальными запасами; упаковывание; цепочка поставок.

7. Complete the sentences using words and expressions given below:

material handling; non–value-adding; quality; consultation; shipping out; inventory; quantity; ill-equipped; logistician; supply; consumption; distribution; streamline; cost; purchasing.

1. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation.........1, warehousing, ...........2 and packaging.

2. In Greek, Roman and Byzantine empires, Logistikas were responsible for financial and supply.........3.

3. Supply chain management in military logistics means predicting ......4, deterioration, ......

4. The lack of effective logistical planning can lead to a slow, and .........6 force with too little supply.

5. Logistics as a business concept developed due to the complexities of supplying businesses with materials and ............

products in the globalized .........

chain.

6. In production logistics feeding each machine and workstation with the right product in the right.........

and ..........

at the right time is of great importance.

7. It is necessary to .........

and control the flow through value-adding processes and eliminate ...............

ones.

8. A person working in the logistics field is a ............

9. The main functions of a qualified logistician are inventory management.........

, transportation, warehousing, ............

and the organizing and planning of these activities.

8. Answer the questions:

1. What is the definition of the word “logistics”?

2.

3. What different meanings does the word “logistics” have in the Greek language?

4. What were the military officers in ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Empires responsible for?

5. How does the Oxford English Dictionary define “logistics”?

6. Why is it important to manage and to move resources to the places where they are needed in military logistics?

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