II. Exercises.

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Manufacturing versus service organizations

Manufacturing and service organizations differ in several important respects. Manufacturing organizations are organizations that transform input into identifiable, tangible goods, such as soft drinks, cars, or videocassette recorders. Typically, the tangible goods they produce can be stored (at least to some degree), and the untimate customer does not usually need to be present while the transformation process is taking place. As a result, manufacturing can often be done in centralized places, and the products can be shipped to customers. In addition, a manufacturing concern can often avoid wasting capacity during slack periods by using available capacity to produce inventory in anticipation of future sales.

1. Прочтите и запомните слова в разделе III.

2. Найдите в тексте предложения, где употребляется сослагательное наклонение (см. грамматический справочник на стр. 71) и переведите их.

3. Подберите к словам в колонке слева близкие по значению эквиваленты из колонки справа. Запишите ответы следующим образом: например, 1-5.

1) to involve 1) activity

2) to gauge 2) to deal with

3) to concern with 3) to track

4) process 4) to assess

5) to follow 5) to encompass

6) operations management 6) production

4. Переведите письменно текст, пользуясь словарем.

5. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту.

1) What is operations management?

2) What is the function of operations management?

3) What are the operations management functions in the case of manufacturing organizations?

4) What are the operations management functions in the case of service industry?

5) What is productivity?

6) How does productivity help managers?

6. Напишите на английском языке как Вы понимаете: “Operations management”.