Английский язык. Иваненко Т.И. - 70 стр.

planations below.
     Sometimes we operate a sole supplier contract (1) whereby
we use only one supplier for a fixed period. Generally, however,
we prefer to use a large number of suppliers (2) from our approved
suppliers’ list. We usually place single orders at a negotiated price
(3), but sometimes we get involved in advance orders at a fixed
price (4) for certain commodities.
     Apart from ordering, I have to put out orders for tender (5),
arrange reciprocal trading (6) and maintain our own company’s
reputation (7) in the marketplace.

    a)   multiple sourcing;
    b)   standing;
    c)   return contracts;
    d)   buying forward/speculative buying;
    e)   spot orders;
    f)   single sourcing;
    g)   encourage competitive bids.

     EXERCISE 5. The department’s performance
     A. Mr. Vennonen, the company’s Public Relations Assistant,
is interviewing the Production Supervisor for an article on prod-
uctivity for the company newsletter.
     Read the text.

                                Text
    Well, I can give you a few figures which may help you – for
example, we run our machines at 150 hours per week at a
throughput of 44 units per hour. On average we produce 355 fi-
nished articles per shift. So weekly output is over 6,500 units. Our
machine utilization is very good – an average of 86,5%, that is,
9% better than the average for last year.
    Every month we have supervision and maintenance costs of
about £68,000. Nevertheless, last month we had a profit of
£ 104,000 which is 6.3% up on the previous month.

    B. Mr. Vennonen’s boss, the company Public Relations Offic-

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