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In today’s Business English podcast we are going to look at the Just-in-Time process. The Just-in-time (JIT) way of working, which is also known as a lean production system, is a philosophy that tries to make any manufacturing process more cost-effective by eliminating waste. In the mp3, we are going to listen as Christy introduces the concept, and explains a little more about it.

LINK TO DOWNLOAD THIS LESSON (right-click, save as) :
epod_biz97_C17.mp3(8.62mb)

Difficulty Level: Advanced | Popularity: 87 | Rating: 9.5
TOPICS: manufacturing | FUNCTIONS: clarifying|defining
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12 Comments »

1. There may be sth wrong with this file!Pls check!
   This Mp3 lasts only 25 seconds!

   Comment by sal — November 18, 2006 @ 1:26 pm

2. Hey Sal,

   Give it another try, the file seems to be alright now. Sometimes it just takes a while to load up. Please let us know if you’re still having trouble.

   Comment by ODE Academic Team — November 20, 2006 @ 9:34 am

3. This lesson’s dedicated to Fredy, one of our students, who requested a lesson on “Just-in-time”. What a great topic idea!

   Kris

   Comment by Kris — November 22, 2006 @ 4:36 pm

4. Hi, I’m new here, but after going through almost every topics you have in the archive, I’m eager to know then do you have any non-business related topics?thanks a lot!

   Comment by Jodie — November 22, 2006 @ 11:25 pm

5. Sorry Jodie, it’s all business English. However, some of the topics are useful for everyday life as well. We have some lessons on travel, food and drink, and other topics like banking that could be valuable for anyone. See the latest blog post for info on upcoming lessons.

   For anyone out there looking for particular lessons, don’t forget to use the Podcast Archive, where you can easily search by topic or function, to find the lessons you want.

   Comment by Kris — November 23, 2006 @ 9:22 am

6. I am afraid I am also unable to download the proper file. The one I get lasts only 7 seconds.

   Comment by Juan — November 25, 2006 @ 3:14 pm

7. Hi, Juan, we can download this file here with no problem. Please try to download by right click the file name (ode_biz97_C17_20061117.mp3(8.62mb) ) and save to you local HD again. Make sure your internet connection is up all the time during downloading. Please let us know if you still got problem. Thanks.

   Comment by Steven — November 27, 2006 @ 12:35 pm

8. hi, there! To reduce inventory cost, build VMI(Vendor Managed Inventory) system is a good way. Could you please add one lesson about VMI system? What’s the effect of VMI on supply chain management? How to set up a VMI program? I will dicuss this issue with my boss. But I am not sure if there is any terminology in this field. unknown means mumble jumble?

   Comment by lilyelf — November 30, 2006 @ 9:28 am

9. lilyelf - great lesson idea, I’ll add it to the list. Some people may be familiar with VMI but unsure how to talk about it.

   Mumble jumble means “words that don’t make any sense”, either because they’re too technical or you just don’t understand it. The phrase isn’t that common, so don’t worry about using it - as long as you recognize it and understand what it means, that’s enough. It’s usually said as the sentence: “It’s all mumble jumble to me,” when you really don’t understand something.

   Comment by ODE Academic Team — November 30, 2006 @ 1:35 pm

10. Thank you so much! Hope on demand English get more and more closer to our daily business!

    Comment by lilyelf — November 30, 2006 @ 9:09 pm

11. I’m son,it is first time that i can access this web and in which i’ve found out useful information

    Comment by sonnguyen — April 22, 2007 @ 10:16 pm

12. Hi son! Good Luck here!

    Comment by ondemand-english.com — April 23, 2007 @ 12:48 pm

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