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A MANUFACTURER is a company that...
...produces goods in large numbers:
A SUPPLIER is a company that ...
...provides a product, or the materials to make a product / a company that sells something
If your company DELIVERS goods, it ...
takes goods, letters, parcels, etc. to people's houses or companies
If a business/procedure/activity has become STREAMLINED, it is
simpler and more effective than before (by reducing costs, the number of people involved in it, etc.:)
If you ASSEMBLE an order, you
prepare it in order to dispatch it
A RETAILER is a person/shop that ...
... sells goods to the public
A WAREHOUSE is ...
a large building for storing things before they are sold or sent out to shops
If your company is PROFITABLE, it ...
... makes or is likely to make a profit
RAW MATERIALS are materials or substances ...
in their natural state that will be used to make something else in an industrial process:
if a consumer is DEMANDING, they
need a lot of attention/energy/time - they have very high expectations
the TURNAROUND of goods (e.g. fresh fruit) is the amount of time...
needed for an order for goods to arrive at a place
A LORRY is ...
... a large road vehicle that is used for transporting goods (= truck)
A company's or a process CARBON FOOTPRINT is a measurement of the amount of ...
...carbon dioxide that their activities produce.
A DISTRIBUTION CENTRE is ...
a warehouse and the business based there, that stores a manufacturer's goods temporarily, before they are transported to stores or customers for sale
