商务英语口语会刊No.57

会议用语——工厂参观会（1）

1.Efficiency 效率

A: What is the efficiency of this product line？
B: It's about 85%.

A：这个生产线的效率是多少？
B：差不多85%。

2.Labor costs 人工成本

A: Why do we have such high labor costs？
B: Our labor workers were from the state owned enterprise.

A：我们的人工成本怎么这么高啊？
B：我们的工人是从国企来的。

3.Lean manufacturing 精益制造

A: Why do we need lean manufacturing?
B: Very simple, to cut the costs and increase the efficiency.

A：我们为什么需要精益制造啊？
B：很简单，为了节约成本，提高效率。

4.Power consumption  能源消耗

A: What is the power consumption for your plant?
B: Ten thousand KWH each day.

A：你们工厂的能源消耗怎么样？
B：每天一万千瓦小时。

5.PPM 百万分之一件

A: What is your PPM？
B: Our PPM is 25.
A: That's great.

A：你们的PPM是多少？
B：我们的PPM是25。
A：很好。

Note：PPM means part per million, usually a measure of quality.
注：PPM是百万分之一件的缩写，通常是质量的一种指标。