Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Логистика и управление цепями поставок)

clearance; overland; waiting time, contract; document; shareholder, to ship, carrying out, project, express; shipments; logistics.

1. The founders of DHL began to .........

papers by airplane from San Francisco to Honolulu, beginning customs .........

of the ship's cargo before the actual arrival of the ship and reducing .................

in the harbor.

2. International air .........

is the rapid delivery of documents and ............

by airplane.

3. Deutsche Post World Net became the major .........

in DHL.

4. Deutsche Post World Net consolidated express and .........

activities into a single brand.

5. DHL is the global market leader in international express, ...........

transport and air freight.

6. DHL is the company number one in ocean freight and .........

logistics.

7. The customized solutions of the company are express ..........

shipping to supply chain management.

8. The reason for the success of DHL is due to its very effective and efficient way of .............

the process of .........

management.

9. Answer the questions:

1. Who were the founders of DHL?

2. What was the primary purpose of DHL?

3. What industry did this company give birth to?

4. How big was the expansion of DHL over the world?

5. What company had the biggest quantity of shares in DHL?

6. DHL logistics services and customized solutions are various, aren’t they? Name them.

7. Why is DHL a vey successful logistics company?

8. What are the steps of each DHL project?

10. Translate the sentences using the text “History and Background of DHL”:

1. DHL – международная компания, один из лидеров мирового рынка экспресс-доставки.

2. DHL была основана 20 сентября 1969 году как курьерская служба для перевозки почты между Сан-Франциско и Гонолулу.

3. Название компании образовано по первым буквам фамилий ее основателей.

4. DHL предлагает широкий набор решений для покупателя.

5. Эффективность процесса проектного управления является основой успеха DHL.

6. Процесс управления проектами в компании DHL включает 6 шагов: 1) инициация; 2) проектирование; 3) планирование; 4) исполнение; 5) закрытие; 6) передача.

7. К 1988 г. компания расширила сферу своей деятельности: она уже присутствовала в 170 странах.

8. В 2002 г. главным держателем акций DHL была компания Deutsche Post World Net.

9. Компания Deutsche Post World Net объединила все свои услуги по экспресс-доставке в единый бренд – DHL.

11. Complete the sentences using prepositions in the box (See Language Notes):

1. DHL’s whole business is dependent ......

the vital point of timely delivery.

2. DHL owns its success ......

the efficiency .......

which the operations are carried out.

3. Not only the company but the sender and sometimes the receiver can track the goods ........

their information center.

4. DHL has developed a reputation ......

consistently developing innovative solutions that streamline operations and improve control.