AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Agribusiness
& Supply Chain Management
& Supply Chain Management
1: A. What is the Supply Chain? B. Supply Chain Management – Terms C. Business English Grammar Exercises D. Supply Chain job description E. Soft Skills Vs Hard Skills
2: Α. Logistics B. The Importance of Logistics in Business C. Third-Party Logistics (3PL) D. Introduction to the Supply Chain E. The Role of Transportation in the Supply Chain F. Supply Chain Management G. Global Supply Chain Management H. Logistics and Supply Chain Managers I. Job Description: Retail Supply Chain Manager J. Inbound – Outbound Logistics
K. Reverse Logistics (RL) L. Customs and Warehousing Services M. Transport and Terminal Services
3: Logistics Α. Introduction B. Definitions of Logistics C. Logistics D. Supply Chain Management – Logistics E. Is Logistics the same as Supply Chain Management?
4: A. An Overview of Logistics 1. 1 What is logistics? 1. 2 The Logistics of Business Is Big and Important 1.3 The Work of Logistics 1.4 Logistical Operations B. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals C. Logistics Vocabulary Exercises
5: Logistics Terms - Glossary
6: A. Supply Chain Basics B. Supply Chain Strategy C. Modern Supply Chains D. Supply Chain Management Principles E. Demand Planning F. Supply Management and Procurement G. Warehousing Operations H. Inventory Management I. Manufacturing and Service Operations J. Transporting Operations K. Customer Service Operations, Quiz
7: A. Ordering Supplies, Word families, Exercises B. Import – Export Vocabulary
8: Logistics English - Multiple Choice Tests 1. Shipping related words and expressions 2. Outsourcing 3. Global Sourcing 4. Procurement 5. Business E-mails, Terminology / Glossary (1)
9: What is Purchasing and Procurement? Supply and Demand Planning Supply Management and Purchasing / Procurement Glossary
10: International Logistics, Exercises, Word Study, Vocabulary items, Terms, Word Families
11: Incomplete Sentences, Error Recognition
The aims of the course are the following:
• To teach the students the basic terms and concepts of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Transportation, 3PL, Outsourcing, Inbound – Outbound Logistics, Reverse Logistics, Warehousing, Logistics Operations, Supply Chain Principles, Procurement, Inventories, Inventory Management, Ordering, Imports-Exports, Customer Service Operations, Shipments, Acquisitions, Supply and Demand Planning, Global Supply Chains) in English.
• To train the students in all the above topics / subjects through many language exercises (Multiple Choice tests, Error Recognition, and Incomplete Sentences) as well as relevant texts of Logistics and Supply Chain English content.
Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to:
Demonstrate a comprehensive and working knowledge / notion of the language of Logistics and Supply Chain as it is expressed and used in the (Global) Labour Market.
Suggested Bibliography in the Greek Language:
‘Achieve TOEIC’ A. Betsis, Betsis Publications
Suggested Bibliography in the English Language:
‘Cracking the TOEIC’ E. Rolins, Random House, London
Instructor's Notes
The students are also given texts on the topics of Supply Chain Management and Logistics for study and practice, as well as graded language exercises for consolidation of vocabulary items and grammar and syntax forms.