# Supply Chain Upper Intermediate

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- CEFR: B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- Theme: Professional & Specialized
- Words: 16
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Supply chain vocabulary for order fulfilment, including a backorder, a freight forwarder, the bill of lading and the safety stock that covers transit time.

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## Word list

* **backorder**: An order for an item that is out of stock and will be delivered once it becomes available. — “The part is on **backorder** until next month.”
* **fulfilment**: The process of receiving, packing and delivering orders to customers. — “The company outsources its **fulfilment** to a specialist warehouse.”
* **freight forwarder**: A company that arranges the shipping of goods on behalf of another business. — “The **freight forwarder** booked space on three different ships.”
* **customs broker**: A specialist who helps businesses move goods across international borders by handling the required import and export paperwork. — “The **customs broker** cleared the shipment within a day.”
* **bill of lading**: A legal document listing the goods being shipped, used as proof of the shipping contract. — “The driver could not collect the goods without the **bill of lading**.”
* **stock control**: The management of how much inventory a business holds, to avoid running out or overordering. — “Better **stock control** reduced the number of backorders.”
* **reorder point**: The stock level at which a business must order more supplies to avoid running out. — “The system automatically orders more stock at the **reorder point**.”
* **packing slip**: A document inside a shipment listing exactly what items are included. — “She checked the **packing slip** against the boxes that arrived.”
* **safety stock**: Extra inventory kept in reserve to avoid running out during unexpected demand. — “The warehouse kept **safety stock** in case supplier deliveries were delayed.”
* **dead stock**: Inventory that has not sold and is unlikely to sell in the future. — “The clearance sale aimed to get rid of old **dead stock**.”
* **groupage**: The combining of small shipments from different customers. — “**Groupage** halved the cost and doubled the transit time.”
* **transit time**: How long goods take to travel from origin to destination. — “**Transit time** to that port went from nine days to twenty-two.”
* **customs clearance**: The official approval needed for goods to cross a border. — “**Customs clearance** took longer than the sea crossing.”
* **proof of delivery**: A signed record showing goods arrived. — “No **proof of delivery** meant no payment for eleven weeks.”
* **pick and pack**: Selecting items from stock and preparing them for despatch. — “The whole **pick and pack** operation moved to one floor.”
* **dwell time**: The time goods spend waiting at a point in the chain. — “**Dwell time** at the port is the single biggest cost.”

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