Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Логистика и управление цепями поставок) - страница 19

2. Complete the table using suitable forms:

3. Translate English words and phrases in column A using Russian words and phrases from column B

4. Observe the words and phrases related to “Value Added Services”:

Concept whereby a service adds value to a product is called a value added service. In theory distribution adds value because it puts the product into the consumer’s hands.

1. After Sales Service (Reverse Logistics): a specialized segment of logistics focusing on the movement and management of products and resources after the sale and after delivery to the customer. Includes product returns for repair and/or credit.

2. Batch control: tracking the goods via digital easy-to-trace coding system. This control can be based on document counts, record counts, quantity totals, dollar totals, or hash (mixed data, such as customer AR numbers) totals.

3. Bundling/Unbundling: the assembly of a number of pre-packaged products to make up an integrated product offering.

4. Co-packing: packaging operation, often performed by the Logistics Service Provider in a dedicated zone of the warehouse, consisting of wrapping different products together (e.g., to bundle a sample of new product with an old product), or identical products (e.g., in the case of promotional offers).

5. eLogistics services or online logistics services: services that address inefficiencies in the transportation industry, usually involving goods ordered online that can be delivered to the consumer in a timely and efficient manner. The service might include any of the following: order entry, order management, shipment and vehicle tracking, communications and reporting).

6. Kitting: Light assembly of components or parts into defined units. Kitting reduces the need to maintain an inventory of pre-built completed products, but increases the time and labor consumed at shipment.

7. Labelling: the application of labels either to the product or to the packaging.

8. Line feeding: covers the delivery of assembled components to a production line.

9. Merchandising: selling the products; it can include the addition of price stickers or promotional items ready for retail display.

10. Outsourcing: a corporate decision to assign activities previously performed internally (e.g. transport/ warehousing or full-scale logistics service), to a third party, for example, a Logistics Service Provider. Initially, the shippers (manufacturing or commercial companies) outsourced transport, and then progressively did the same for more value-added logistics services.