TOEIC Vocabulary Flashcard

To supervise means to watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly。​

Supervision is the act of watching a person or activity and making certain that everything is done correctly.

A dealership is a company that sells cars, usually for one car company.

• Car dealerships are the retail outlets for auto manufacturers. Car dealers order vehicles from the manufacturer and sell them to customers.
• Most dealerships are able to make money from their service departments. Some mechanical and electrical repairs require dealer-trained mechanics to perform and the majority of them work at the dealership.
• The car dealership has a large inventory of used cars. 
• Their company has just won the dealership for Rolls-Royce.

Manufacture = to produce goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines (Verb)

• I worked in a company that manufactures car parts.
• Our company manufactures several electronic devices in China.
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd, known as TSMC, is a big company that manufactures microchips.
• About NT$600 billion was spent by Taiwan's semiconductor industry to purchase equipment from abroad last year. Taiwan aims to manufacture and supply 100% of its own semiconductor equipment.
• Contract factories in Vietnam manufactured 51 percent of total Nike brand footwear last year.

Manufacture = the process of producing goods​

• Nitrates are used as preservatives in food manufacture.
• Oil is used in the manufacture of a number of fabrics.

Manufacturer  = a company that produces goods in large numbers

• Germany is a major manufacturer of motor cars. 
• German automobile-maker Volkswagen overtook Toyota to become the world's largest car manufacturer in 2016.  VW, which also produces Audi, Porsche, and Skoda cars,  produced 10.3 million cars last year, about a hundred thousand more than its Japanese rival. American carmaker General Motors came in third.  Toyota has dominated the car market in the last decade.
• Car dealerships are the retail outlets for auto manufacturers. Car dealers order vehicles from the manufacturer and sell them to customers.
• Volkl has been pushing out quality skis since the 1920s and currently holds the title as the largest ski manufacturer in Germany. 

Manufacturing = the business of producing goods in large numbers (Noun)

• Automobile manufacturing is the country's largest industry.
• Recent outbreaks of coronavirus have prompted cities to go into lockdowns that also have raised worries over the potential impact on manufacturing and trade.
• I think manufacturing is central to the economy of the country.
• Our company is spending $700 million of its own money for improving processing and creating a manufacturing facility in Texas.
• Lots of microchip manufacturing companies prospered at that time. 
• Nike, a world-renowned sportswear giant, outsources the production of all its footwear to various overseas manufacturing plants.
• Intel selected the German city of Magdeburg on Tuesday for its next big chip manufacturing site. Their goal is to reduce dependence on Asian factories for the vital microchip components.

To oversee means to watch or organize a job or an activity to make certain that it is being done correctly:

The word "assemble" is a verb and has a few related meanings: (1) To gather together in one place for a common purpose. (2) To fit together the separate component parts of (a machine or other object) (3) To bring or call together into a group or whole.

Assembly = the process of putting together the parts of a machine or structure

Assembly line= a production process that breaks the manufacture of a good into steps that are completed in a pre-defined sequence.

• The cars are assembled on an assembly line.
• Many assembly line workers are being replaced by robots.
• This is the first session in the training that you all are going to receive for your new roles at our factory. As assembly line workers, you'll be working around conveyor belts regularly. While potentially dangerous, the machinery is quite safe if properly handled. 
• (It) requires assembly.
• (Some) assembly required.
• I really like this swivel chair with mesh backrest. Does it require assembly?
• In order to offer the lowest prices possible, and so that your furniture arrives damage-free, some of the items available at Handy Furniture will require some assembly.

To distribute means to give shares of (something).

Example sentences:

• He's been hired to distribute leaflets to passers-by on the street.
• Some stocks pay dividends—a small amount of cash or shares that are distributed to shareholders periodically. 
• The work for the project gets evenly distributed among the graphic designers.
• Bitcoin is an Internet currency that was started in 2009 by a Japanese software developer. In contrast to normal money, which is distributed and controlled by the government, there is no central organization behind Bitcoin. You can send and receive Bitcoin money without giving your name or address and without paying fees to a bank.

To distribute means to to supply to retail outlets.

Example sentences:

• Our company aims ultimately to distribute products throughout Europe.
• We need to find a reliable partner to distribute our consumer products.
• Many businesses use logistics companies to distribute their products around the world. 

Outsouce = have part of its work done by another company.

• Our cost reduction strategy is to lay off some workers and outsource production to cheaper locations in South East Asia.
• The animation work was outsourced to a film production company in South Korea.
• According to BBC News, a software engineer outsourced his entire job to China by paying a fifth of his six-figure salary to a local firm in Shenyang.
• Lots of international brands outsource their manufacturing to overseas companies to save on operational costs and take advantage of lower labor and production costs overseas. 
• Nike, a world-renowned sportswear giant, outsources the production of all its footwear to various overseas manufacturing plants.

Outsoucing = the process of having part of its work done by another company.

• Companies today can outsource a number of tasks or services. Since the overhead costs of customer service are typically less where outsourcing has been used, many companies choose to close their in-house customer relations departments and outsource their customer service to third-party call centers.
• It is common for companies to outsource a variety of jobs overseas, which is called offshoring or offshore outsourcing.