# Supply Chain Advanced

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- CEFR: C1 (Advanced)
- Theme: Professional & Specialized
- Words: 20
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Advanced supply chain vocabulary for logistics operations, including cross-docking, just-in-time delivery, a bonded warehouse and the incoterms that govern a…

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## Word list

* **supply chain**: The full network of people, companies and processes involved in producing and delivering a product. — “A single delay can affect the whole **supply chain**.”
* **cross-docking**: Unloading goods from an incoming truck and loading them directly onto an outgoing one, with little or no storage. — “**Cross-docking** cut the warehouse's storage costs sharply.”
* **just-in-time**: Describes a system where materials or products arrive only when they are needed, to reduce storage costs. — “The factory runs on a **just-in-time** delivery system.”
* **route optimisation**: The process of planning the most efficient path for deliveries to save time and fuel. — “**Route optimisation** software cut delivery times by a third.”
* **bonded warehouse**: A secure, government-approved facility where imported goods can be stored without paying tax until they are released. — “The goods stayed in a **bonded warehouse** until the duty was paid.”
* **stevedore** /ˈstivəˌdɔr/: A worker who loads and unloads ships at a port. — “The **stevedores** unloaded the containers through the night.”
* **manifest** /ˈmænəˌfɛst/: An official list of the cargo or passengers carried on a ship, plane or vehicle. — “The captain checked the **manifest** before the ship set sail.”
* **third-party logistics**: A company hired to manage another business's shipping, warehousing or delivery. — “The retailer outsourced its shipping to a **third-party logistics** provider.”
* **kitting**: Grouping separate items together into one package ready to ship or use. — “Workers spent the shift **kitting** parts for the assembly line.”
* **milk run**: A delivery route with a fixed schedule that stops at several locations along the way. — “The driver's **milk run** collected parts from five factories each morning.”
* **incoterms**: Standard trade terms setting out who pays and who bears risk. — “Choosing the wrong **incoterms** cost them the insurance claim.”
* **bonded goods**: Imported goods stored without duty being paid yet. — “**Bonded goods** can sit for years without a penny of duty.”
* **service level**: The agreed standard of delivery performance. — “A **service level** of ninety-eight per cent sounds better than it is.”
* **fill rate**: The proportion of orders satisfied straight from stock. — “**Fill rate** collapsed the week the forecast was overridden.”
* **stock cover**: How long current stock will last at the present rate of sale. — “Two weeks of **stock cover** on the fastest lines is dangerous.”
* **cold chain**: The unbroken chain of refrigeration a product must stay in. — “One hour outside the **cold chain** condemned the whole consignment.”
* **track and trace**: The ability to follow a shipment at every stage. — “**Track and trace** stopped working at the border and so did everything else.”
* **deconsolidation**: Breaking a combined shipment back into separate deliveries. — “**Deconsolidation** happens at the regional hub overnight.”
* **landed cost**: The total cost of a product once it has arrived. — “The **landed cost** was double the invoice price.”
* **carrier liability**: The limit of what a transport company will pay for loss. — “**Carrier liability** covered about a fifth of what was in the box.”

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