Unit3InventoryManagement.ppt

Dialogue 2 How Much Should I Order To support manufacturing, work-in-process inventory must be moved to support final assembly. The cost of each component and its movement becomes part of the value-added process. The final of meaningful value that is added occurs only with final ownership transfer of products to customers when and where specified. Dialogue 2 How Much Should I Order For a large manufacturer, logistical operations may consist of thousands of movements, which ultimately culminate in the delivery of products to an industrial user, retailer, wholesaler, dealer, or other customer. For a large retailer, logistical operations may commence with the procurement of products for resale and may terminate with consumer pickup or delivery. For a hospital, logistics starts with procurement and ends with full support of patient surgery and recovery. Dialogue 2 How Much Should I Order The significant point is that regardless of the size and type of enterprise, logistics is essential and requires continuous management attention. For better understanding it is useful to divide logistical operation into three areas:physical distribution, manufacturing support, and procurement. These components are illustrated in the next chapter. Dialogue 2 How Much Should I Order 1．What is the operational management of logistics concerned with? 2．How does the logistical process add value? 3．When does an individual part have greater value? 4．When does the final or meaningful value occur? 5．What does logistics end with for a hospital? 6．According to the passage how many areas can we divide logistical operations into? And what are they? Unit 3 Warehousing Text 1 Warehouse Operation Dialogue 1 Visiting a Warehouse Text 2 Inventory Management Dialogue 2 How Much Should I Order Task 1： warm up 1.写出你能想到的与仓储有关的单词或词组。 Text 1 Warehouse Operation 【Para 1】Role of Warehousing Warehousing plays a key role in integrated logistics strategy and in building and m