商务英语中级第三章课件3a ordering goods.pptVIP

Qualities of a Good Supplier Seven key characteristics of a good supplier reliable supplier possess basic qualities of honesty, integrity, accountability, and dependability.Provide good quality merchandise Goods of consistent quality Have flexibility toward new/additional requirements  Courtesy and co-operation are also important Can provide a quality product or service Timely delivery Operate in just-in-time delivery policy Attractive price Competitive price Buying without shops In 1891, when American farmers were complaining about high prices in shops in the countryside, Richard Sears had an idea. Sears was an agent of a railway company and at that time he was selling watches with his partner Alvah Reobuck, a watchmaker. His idea was to use the new national railway system and post office to create a new way if selling: mail order. Sears bought in bulk and so kept prices low. He was also good at attracting customers with advertising. By 1895 the Sears catalogue had 532 pages. The company was expanding fast, so it moved to a huge building in Chicago. Finally the company developed the first automated warehouse. This improved the capacity of the business by 1,000 percent. Writing Layout: the layout is too dense and therefore off-putting. It might help if the writer used headings Accuracy: as the writer is a non-native speaker, complete accuracy is perhaps not to be expected. However, core words for the topic should be spell correctly. Good punctuation aids clarity. Paragraphs: the text needs to be divided into paragraphs to aid clarity and to encourage the reader to actually read the fax.Connectors: it is difficult to follow the sequence of ideas because connectors are not used much to make it clearSentences: some of the sentences are extremely long, making the text difficult to read. Aiming for one idea per sentence is a good idea. I’m ringing about… 2． We definitely want…/ So that’s… 3． Do you think you could 4． I’ll call them 5． Thanks for 6． I’ll