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B1 Logistics vocabulary quiz

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  • 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
  • A LORRY is ...
    ... a large road vehicle that is used for transporting goods (= truck)
  • 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
  • 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 company's or a process CARBON FOOTPRINT is a measurement of the amount of ...
    ...carbon dioxide that their activities produce.
  • A MANUFACTURER is a company that...
    ...produces goods in large numbers:
  • if a consumer is DEMANDING, they
    need a lot of attention/energy/time - they have very high expectations
  • 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 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 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:
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