Master the most common silent letter patterns in English and improve your pronunciation confidence.
Main objectives of this material
- Develop advanced vocabulary related to logistics and supply chain management, including terms such as echelon, cross docking, postponement centers, pooling risks, reverse logistics, and logistics value proposition.
- Strengthen analytical speaking and writing skills by defining logistics as an art and a science, comparing 3PL and 4PL service providers, and mapping the flow of information against the flow of goods.
- Learn and practise the passive voice across tenses using structures such as are procured, is being tracked, have been reduced, and must be balanced to report processes objectively in professional logistics emails.
What students are going to cover
In this lesson, students will explore what makes logistics both an art and a science through the definitions, frameworks, and tactics used in strategic supply chain management. They will build advanced vocabulary related to transportation, warehousing, network construction, and inventory strategy, recalling the 7 Rs, the six logistics goals, and the six steps of building a logistics network. They will then analyse how companies substitute information for inventory through cross docking, customs strategy, and postponement centers, before practising the passive voice in ten transformation tasks and writing a 100-120 word professional email. By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to explain logistics frameworks in precise English, describe processes using the passive voice across three tenses, and write a professional logistics email that justifies a strategic decision. The lesson is based on a longer video, so it is best to watch it at home before the lesson and come to class ready to discuss it.
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