考前背了不後悔：BEC口語考試必備話題3
Unit One: Company Operation and Management 公司運作和管理
1.3 Reducing Production Cost 降低生產成本
相關單詞掌握：
Quality supplier高質量的供貨商
Efficiency of production line生產線的效率
Cost management 成本管理
Reducing business costs降低成本
Cutting corners偷工減料
Corporate identity公司形象
Cost- conscious注重節約成本的
TQM (total quality management) 全面質量管理
Production line 生產線，流水線
Specialist 專家
Shift work 倒班制，輪班工作（一半指三班倒，即day shift, evening shift,以及night shift）
Permanent schedule 固定班
Adjust to 對…適應
Hazard 危害，公害
Mini-presentation
企業的生產成本包括由人工費用、材料費用等構成的製造成本和管理費用、財務費用、銷售費用構成期間費用。企業成本管理的一個主要方法是全面質量管理（Total Quality Management，TQM），它以質量爲中心，以全員參與爲基礎，目的是通過讓顧客滿意和本企業所有成員以及社會收益而達到長期成功的管理途徑。
| What’s important when…? Aiming to control production cost 要控制生產成本需要考慮哪些要點？ ity supplier 高質量的供貨商 ciency of production line 生產線的效率 |
Cost management is one of important contents of enterprise management. Most companies will improve the state of business by means of reducing business costs. It can obviously result in higher profits and a stronger enterprise.
成本管理是企業管理的一項重要內容。許多企業會通過降低成本來改進企業狀況。這樣做可以明顯地提高利潤，壯大企業規模。
Some companies would choose a quick way to cut costs by cutting corners in production or using cheaper materials, but it always can be a self-destruct of the corporate identity. A true Cost- conscious companies not only try to get quality from suppliers but also work with the suppliers to help them improve their operations and quality of output. Because low quality goods from suppliers is a major source of waste.
一些公司會選擇採取在生產過程中偷工減料和使用廉價原材料的捷徑去削減成本，但這往往會自毀公司形象。一個真正注重節約成本的公司不僅會尋找能提供高質量產品的供應商，而且還要幫助他們改進經營和產品質量。因爲購買低質量的產品是最大的浪費源。
In addition, efficiency of production line is another important thing to consider. In these days of changing technologies and methods, it is necessary to update the equipment and train your workers to increased the efficiency of production.
另外，生產線效率也同樣值得重視。在技術和生產手段日新月異的今天，有必要更新設備和對員工進行培訓來增加生產效率。
Accordingly,it becomes very prominent problem to improve the quality and efficiency of production.
因此， 提高其產品質量和生產效率成爲十分突出的普遍問題。
Discussion
| Introducing Shift Work實行倒班作業制 Your company would like to introduce shift work operation to optimize the production process. You have been asked to help co-ordinate the project. Discuss the situation together, and decide: 你們公司正在考慮實行倒班作業制以優化生產過程。請你們協助策劃這一計劃。討論並決定： to arrange the work schedule 怎樣安排工作時間表 to match staff to this new work requirement 怎樣使工人達到這一新的工作要求 |
（1）When introducing shift work, the most important thing is to work out good work schedules. I think we can divide our twenty-four hour operation into three shifts: day shift, evening shift and night shift. And we’ll have this permanent schedule. It’s tough to work at night, but once you get used to it, it’s easier to fight off the night-time fatigue.
實行倒班作業制，最重要的是制定可行的工作時間表。我想我們可以將二十四小時劃分爲三班制：日班、晚班和夜班。當我們制定了這固定班之後，即使夜班工作再辛苦，一旦你習慣了，就很容易消除夜間疲勞了。
（2）We should also provide our shift workers with training programmes to help them better adjust to this new work requirement. We should inform them of the harmful effects of night shifts and give them tips on how to prevent and fight off these hazards.
我們也應向輪班工人提供培訓計劃去幫助他們更好地調節適應新的工作要求。同時，也應告訴他們上夜班的不良影響和給予他們一些如何避免防止這些危害的建議。
（3）We can arrange health specialists to give them training courses and provide online consultancy service for the convenience of our shift workers.
我們可以安排健生專家去給他們上培訓課和提供在線諮詢服務來方便我們的輪班工人做諮詢。
