/I interviewed three managers today.
/The first/second/third person I spoke was the ....
/They updated me about their work and the situation.
/They told me about their work and how they are managing their staff.
/They explained their goals and what they are doing to achieve the goals.
/Each of the six managers have set their own goals.
/I asked each of the three managers a series of questions about
their role and responsibilities.
/Most of the issues that the three mentioned to me were similar.
/Before our online lesson today, I had three consecutive interviews
with three managers from GW.
/Tomorrow I'll talk with another three managers from GW.
/Each member reported their work situation with some facts
and figures on PowerPoint slides.
/Wholesaler - Retailer
/Order Fulfil rate : OFR
/There are two distributors: WS and SMU.
/lead time?
/First, the wholesaler places a order for a particular quantity of ice-creams.
/There are two distribution territories: East Java and West Java.
/SMU is responsible for distributing our ice-creams to East Java
and WS is responsible for distributing our ice-creams in West Java.
/There are five production lines which were purchased from China.
The quality of the lines are low so a lot of maintenance is required.
/It is costing us money.
/Another issue is water. Water is taken from a local river,
which is purified before being used in the production process.
/tap water
/water supply
/The cost of raw materials is increasing so the cost of sales is increasing.
/They purchase dairy products from Indonesia and
they purchase cocoa mass and other raw materials from overseas.
dairy=유제품, 우유버터 판매점
/Overall costs are up by 5% so GlicoWings won't return the black this year.
overall = 전부의, 총체적인, 전반적으로, 결국
/The duration of the cost of depreciation is 8 years.
/If it is possible, I'd like to extend this term for another 2-3 years.
/The factory is operating at full capacity.
/loss of production
/The production loss ratio is 15%.
/There are production line stoppages. stoppage=멈춤, 막음, 정지, 차단, 휴업, 동맹파업, 지불정지
/Wings has a direct contract with a production line (factory equipment maker) maker
in China.
/There are 45 maintenance staffs working at the GW factory.
/We are planning to set up another 4 new production lines
so we can expend our product line-up such as mochi-style ice-creams.
/Frosbite is the most popular ice-cream from our product line-up.
/Frosbite generates the biggest sales amount from all our ice-creams.
/The factory manager showed me 7 goals he has set for 2022.
/He told me that he hopes to achieve 80-90% of his goals.
/accountable = 책임이 있는, 설명할 의무가 있는, Politicians are accountable to tha voters.
/evaluator : evaluate=평가하다, 사정하다.
/All decisions(under 50million Yen) need to be approved by Glico Japan.
/ironic = 빈정대는, 반어적인.
/Glico Japan is a little cautious and conservative about investing.
cautious = 신중한, 조심성있는
/on the clouds = 구름위에
/A few years ago I tried walking upstairs to my apartment on the 18th floor.
/Factory Manager, Maintenance Manager, Production Manager
/I wonder how often they meet on a regular basis.
/The flow of information should be top-down and side-to-side. flow (n) =흐름, 유동
/I wonder if they are overworked or stressed out.
/company perk => perk = 임직원의 특전(특혜)
/The managers are given a free airline ticket back to Japan twice a year as a company perk.
/work-life balance
/personal driver
/horse and cart
cart = 짐수레, 손수레, cf) horse-and-buggy = 구식의, 낡은 / buggy = 경마차, 고물차, 운반차
/out of control / chaos = 무질서, 혼돈
/The overseas work assignment period is not set. cf)not set / fixed
/They are free to submit a request to return to Japan any time. cf)submit a request = 청원서제출하다
/There is shortage of staff at our factory.
/We have problem retaining staff.
/Many staff leave and join another company which offers a higher salary.
/We have a high staff turnover. We need to take measures to retain/keep staff.
turnover=전직율, 이직율, 거래액(일정기간의), 총매상고
measure = 측정하다, take measures = 일정한 액수를 정하다
/NDA - Non-Disclosure Agreement
/The salaries at Haitai are the lowest in the confectionary industry in Korea.
/The salary range between the owner and staffs is wide and unevenly distributed in Korea.
/career path
/GW is a JV company between Glico Japan and Wings Indonesia.
but we want to operate our own style of company.
/localization
/part-timers / temporary staff
/recruitment agency
/never ending summer