UNIT 9 – VOCABULARY PRACTICE


A. Translate into English:

1)      vyzvednout zásilku – _________________________________________________________________

2)      předat podrobnosti nákupnímu oddělení – _________________________________________________

3)      zadat údaje do počítačového systému – ___________________________________________________

4)      (pře)poslat podrobný podnikatelský záměr manažerovi –
______________________________________

5)      aktualizovat stav /=position/ zásob –
_______________________________________________________

6)      zeštíhlená produkce – __________________________________________________________

7)      pojistná zásoba – __________________________________________________________

8)      místo výroby /výrobna/ – __________________________________________________________

9)      výrobní závod, montážní závod  –  _______________________________________________________


B. Fill in a preposition/adverbial, if necessary:

1)      She does not learn, ________ the contrary, she spends time at boring meetings.

2)      Requests ________visas will be dealt ________immediately.

3)      They have submitted the report ________the agreed date.

4)      We have placed an order ________the components ________a local distributor.

5)      We’ll need to plan ________if we want to take a year off for travelling.

6)      ________from providing humanitarian aid, the UN is also supposed to enforce agreements.

7)      The merchandise is shipped ________the supply chain.

8)      It is essential to react constantly ________the actual consumption of components.


C. Change the word in brackets into the appropriate form:

1)      Companies might choose not to use suppliers from a country if they are ____________ about
its future political stability. /SURE/

2)      We must ____________ the damage to innocent civilians.  /MINIMUM/

3)      He works as an ____________ and his job involves examining facts, systems, companies,
markets, etc. in order to give an opinion on them. /ANALYTICAL/

D. Complete the gaps using some of the expressions below. Use them in the appropriate form:

     HOLD    RELINQUISH     AWAIT     FEED     REPLENISH     FILL      LIFT

1)      Finished goods ______________orders in a warehouse.

2)      We use an automated system ______________inventory.

3)      The company has slashed inventory levels to just six days and ______________a maximum of
20,000 items in inventory.

4)      The store shelves need ______________– will you take care of it?

5)      Why have you ______________the mp4 player off the shelf? You know well I am not going to
buy it for you.

6)      We can ______________you off the maze of financial planning.

7)      Information is ______________into the computer and stored in a database.