Unit 1: Logistics Jobs: Useful words and phrases

able to be obtained, used, or reached

• challenging (adj.)

• available (adj.)

• ensure (v.)

• implement (v.)

a person or thing that carries or delivers something

• client (n.)

• transportation (n.)

• carrier (n.)

• procurement (n.)

to hope that something is going to happen

• ensure (v.)

• look forward to (v.)

• provide (v.)

• set up (v.)

a customer or someone who receives services

• procurement (n.)

• system (n.)

• client (n.)

• inventory (n.)

to offer; to use money, time, information, etc. practically

• ensure (v.)

• set up (v.)

• look forward to (v.)

• provide (v.)

to start using a plan or system

• look forward to (v.)

• ensure (v.)

• implement (v.)

• set up (v.)

extremely important or necessary

• inventory (n.)

• procurement (n.)

• challenging (adj.)

• crucial (adj.)

the process of planning and organizing to ensure that materials/resources are available for manufacture

• transportation (n.)

• system (n.)

• procurement (n.)

• inventory (n.)

to make something certain to happen

• provide (v.)

• ensure (v.)

• set up (v.)

• implement (v.)

the safe storage of goods where packaging and preparation for shipment takes place

• warehousing (n.)

• inventory (n.)

• procurement (n.)

• transportation (n.)