Vocabulary Notes for Logistics and Supply Chain Management | Nhập môn Ngôn ngữ Anh | Đại học Hàng hải Việt Nam

UNIT 1
- carrier (n): company that transport or conveys goods (hãng vận tải)
- freight forwarder (n): person or business that arranges documentation
and travel facilities for companies dispatching goods to customers (những cá
nhân hoặc tổ chức chuyên làm về hoạt động giao nhận vận tải)
- supplier (n): company which supplies parts of services to another
company, also called vendor (nhà cung cấp)
- haulage contractor/haulier (n): company which carries goods by road
(hãng vận chuyển đường bộ)
- courier (n): company that specializes in the speedy and secure delivery of
small goods and packages (chuyển phát nhanh)
- consignee (n): person or firm named in a freight contract to whom goods
have been shipped or turned over for care (người nhận hàng) Unit 2 I) Acronysms
FCL: Full Container Load
LCL: Less than Container Load
3PL: 3rd-party logistics
HGV: Heavy Goods Vehicle DC: Distribution Centre
EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
VAS: Value-added Service
RFID: Radio Frequency Identification
ISO: International Standard Organization
GPS: Global Positioning System
II. Matching definitions
1. Transshipment: Loading goods from 1 means of carriage onto another
(Chuyển hàng từ phương tiện này sang phương tiện khác)
2. Break-bulk: Packing goods in small, units seperable
3. Cross-docking: direct flow of goods from receipt at warehouse to shipping, bypassing storage
4. Order picking: Selecting and assembling items from stock for shipments
5. Reverse logistics: Collecting and handling of used or damaged goods or
of reusable transit equipment (Logistics ngược) 6. : Locating items in trans Tracking and tracing it 7. : Receiving and storing Warehousing goods
8. Collection: Packing goods at named place
1. Outsourcing: Contracting functions out to 3rd party providers
2. Comprehensive: Including a wide range of services 3. : The grouping of sma Consolidation ll shipments into 1 container 4.
: Details of what expected and needed Requirements
5. Demand: The need for particular goods or services
6. Competition: Companies trying to sell the same or similar products to customers UNIT 3
- economies of scale (n): reducing costs per unit by increasing production (kinh tế nhờ quy mô)
- buffer stock (n): goods kept in store to cover unforeseen shortages or
fluctuations in demand (hàng hóa đc giữ trong kho để tránh tình trạng thiếu
hụt hoặc biến động ko lường trước đc)
- factory gate pricing (n): the price is lower because you buy directly from
the manufacturer (giá tận gốc)
- supply chain (n): the close co-opreration of all parties involved in the
making, selling, and delivering of a product (chuỗi cung ứng)
- tender (n): an offer for goods or services that follows a request for a
quotation made by an official body (lời đề nghị...)
- lead time (n): is the time it takes to produce and supply a product (thời gian sản xuất)
- procurement (n): is the purchasing of goods required to run an enterprise
(sự thu mua để chạy doanh nghiệp)
- retailer (n): is a business that buys products from wholesalers or
manufactures and resells them to the ultimate consumer (nhà bán lẻ)
- customer order cycle time (n): is the time customers are prepared to
wait for the delivery of their order (thời gian chu kỳ đặt hàng)
- wholesaler (n) is an intermediary between manufactures and retails
which buys in large quantities and resells in smaller quantities (nhà bán buôn)
- JIT-just in time (n): is a concept of reducing inventories by co-ordinating
the delivery of materials just before they are needed
- DSD = direct store delivery: means that orders are tranfered
electronically to the manufacture. Then they are delivered to the retail store
- CM = category management: products that have similar characteristics
regarding their selling profile are categorized into “families”
- VMI = vendor-managed inventory: a system in which the inventory is
monitored, planned and managed by the manufacture on behalf of the customer
- CRP = continuous replenishment: real-time demand is identified by
electronic cash register and the product movement is co-ordinated from supplier to the retail store
- QR = quick response: a system which is similar to CRP. It is often used
for products that need to be supplied frequently and in small batch sizes Unit 4 a. Grappler lift: Cẩu b. Container ship: Tàu c. Road-railer trailer: Xe nâng có tay kẹp container
kéo được cả đường bộ và đường sắt d. River barge: Xà lan e. LGV (Large Good f. Swap-body: Thùng Vehicle) hang có chân
II. Matching definitions
1. Multimodal: Carriage of goods by different modes of at least two transport
2. Piggyback: Combines road and rail transport: whole motor lorries,
trailers, or swap-bodies are carried by rail (Kết hợp vận tải đường bộ và
đường sắt: toàn bộ xe tải có động cơ, rơ-moóc hoặc thùng chở hàng
được vận chuyển bằng đường sắt)
3. Intermodal: Goods are transported in the same loading unit or vehicle
using different modes of transport. The handling of the freight itself is
not necessary when changing modes. (Đa phương thức: Hàng hóa được
vận chuyển trong cùng một đơn vị bốc xếp hoặc phương tiện sử dụng
các phương thức vận tải khác nhau. Việc xử lý hàng hóa là không cần
thiết khi thay đổi phương thức vận chuyển.
4. Unaccompanied: The driver does not stay with his road vehicle
during transport by rail or ferry. (Không đi kèm: Người lái xe không ở lại
với phương tiện đường bộ của mình trong quá trình vận chuyển bằng đường sắt hoặc phà.)
5. Block train: A single shipper uses a whole train run directly from
loading point to the destination without assembling or disassembling
(Một người gửi hàng sử dụng cả đoàn tàu chạy thẳng từ điểm xếp hàng
đến đích mà không cần lắp ráp, tháo rời)
6. Single-wagon: Train is formed out of individual wagons or sets of
wagons which have different origins and different destinations. (Toa xe
đơn: Tàu được hình thành từ các toa xe riêng lẻ hoặc các bộ toa xe có
điểm xuất phát và điểm đến khác nhau.) ISO container Transtainer Reach stacker Gantry crane Reefer: Container lạnh Tanktainer: Container chứa chất lỏng General purpose: Mục Flat rack Open top đích chung UNIT 5 - ft: feet/foot -lb: pound -oz: ounce -cu yd: cubid yard - 1”: inch - pt: pint - : gallon gal Unit 6 TEST a. Drum b. Barrel c. Crate d. Chest e. Bale UNIT 7 Pallet Tote bin Hand pallet-truck
Fork-lift truck roll cage pallet trolley