Lesson 16 – Unit 7Mgr. Erika Konupčíková

Warehousing• Part of a supply chain.• The process of storing goods within a storage facility. (warehouse)• Traditional warehousing has declined since the last decades of the

20th century, with the gradual introduction of Just In Time (JIT) techniques. The warehouses are now called distribution centres.

• Distribution centre is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products (goods) to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to consumers.

• Distribution centres are usually thought of as being demand driven.• A distribution centre can also be called a warehouse, a DC, a

fulfilment centre, a cross-dock facility, a bulk break centre, and a package handling centre.

Warehouse• A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods.• used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers,

transport businesses, customs, etc. • usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and

towns and villages. • designed for the loading and unloading of goods directly from

railways, airports, or seaports. • often used cranes and forklifts for moving goods, which are

usually placed on ISO standard pallets loaded into pallet racks.• stored goods can include any raw materials, packing materials,

spare parts, components, or finished goods associated with agriculture, manufacturing, or commerce.

Warehouse 1

Receiving areaWarehouse

Back up storage

Order picking area

Sortation

Dispatch

Value added services

Warehouses 2

PASSIVE VOICE

• The passive voice is formed by the verb BE + 3rd form of the verb (-ED for regular verbs)

• I am asked. I am chosen.• I was asked. I was chosen.• I have been asked. I have been chosen.• I will be asked. I will be chosen.• I may be asked I could be chosen

• Compare the active and passive constructions:• Julia labels the packages. • → Packages are labeled (by Julia). • The customer chooses the product.• → Product is chosen (by the customer).

Rewrite these sentences. Instead of “somebody…” use a passive construction:

1. Somebody checks the goods in the receiving area. 2. Somebody unpacks the goods to make their format suitable for

warehousing. 3. Somebody placed most of the inventory in the back-up storage.4. Somebody has selected the goods to complete customer orders in

the order picking area. 5. Somebody will pack the goods in the units required by the customer. 6. Somebody has sorted down the orders. 7. Somebody consolidates the goods and makes them ready for

dispatch. 8. Somebody may wrap or label the goods according to the customer’s

requirements. 9. Somebody may offer other value added services.10. Somebody loaded the goods onto vehicles in the dispatch area.

Describe the carbon dioxide cycle in the process of making biofuels according to the picture:

The biomass ………………………………

The harvested biomass ………………

The cellulose ………………………………

The sugars ………………………………..

The ethanol .......……………………….

The biofuels …………………………….

Carbon dioxide …………......………