1、Text 10Electronic Data Interchange and Bar-codingKey Termsbar-code reader条形码扫描器optical scanner 光学扫描器 outsourcing 业务外包quick response 快速反应just-in-time 准时制zero stock 零库存quality control 质量控制middleware 中间件market orientation 市场导向check in 进货清点Dialogues(R=Paul RobertsF=Mrs.Frick)R:Good morning,Mrs.Frick.My
2、name is Paul Roberts from China.Im the Regional Manager for China.F:Good morning.R:Mrs.Frick,as you probably know,we are one of your suppliers of customized software products.F:Yes,Mr.Roberts,I believe we handle some of your products.R:Mrs.Frick,I will be in Shanghai on 18th and 19th of September an
3、d would like to meet you to discuss your needs in further details.F:Im sorry,I wont be available at all that week.But if you have some new documents about your products,I would very much like to see it.R:Ok,Ill put some information into the post for you.By the way,could you just spell the company na
4、me for me?F:Yes,its K-L-O-T-T-M-A-N.R:Fine.Well,perhaps we could meet when Im in Shanghai next spring.F:Yes,I hope so.Please contact me before your visit.R:I will.F:Goodbye.R:Goodbye.A:Good morning.Could you put me through to your Purchasing Department?B:Whats it in connection with,please?A:Software
5、 Department.B:And who would you like to speak to?A:The department manager.By the way,could you give me this name?B:Graham is our Purchasing Department manager.A:Could you just spell that,please?B:Yes.G-R-A-H-A-M.A:Ok.Could I speak to him?B:One moment,please.C:Purchasing Department,Janet Parks speaki
6、ng.A:Good morning.Could I speak to Graham,please?C:One moment,please.D:Graham.A:Good morning,Mr.Graham.My name is Dennis from Access Computers.D:Good morning,Mr.Dennis.A:Mr.Graham,I see from our files that last year you were interested in commissioning some software from us.I was wondering what had
7、happened to that project.D:Well in the end we gave the system control software project to one of your compe-titors.A:I see.ReadingElectronic Data Interchange and Bar-codingElectronic data interchange(EDI)is the process of using computers to exchange business documents between companies.Previously,fa
8、x machines or traditional mails were used to exchange documents.Mailing and faxing are still used in business,but EDI is a much quicker way to do the same thing.A bar-code is a machine-readable representation of information in a visual format on a surface.Originally bar codes stored data in the widths and spaces of printed parallel lines,but today they also come in patterns of dots,concentric circles,and hidden in images.Bar-codes can be read by optical scanners called bar-code readers.
