Active Vocabulary

approach	recognize
undoubtedly	interplay
justification	actual
to avoid	corollary
piece	supplier
appropriate	level
inventory	unprecedented
payback	exposure
to attack	to gain
require	substantial
overemphasize	co-destiny
to set down	essentially
allocating	exactly
fitting	far-reaching
simplify	competitive
costs	runs
to consider	affect
	effort

2. Answer the following questions:

1. What is the systems approach to factory automation?

2. Must manufacturing managers and production engineers avoid looking at each piece of equipment in isolation from the rest of manufacturing process?

3. What is the key to success which leads to making the total payback greater than the sum of the past?

4. Why is it impossible to overemphasize the fact that successful factory automation implementation begins with a well-thought out long-range manufacturing strategy?

5. What will automation technology require in many cases?

6. Why is the issue of closer relationships between suppliers and users also becoming more important?

7. Are FMS and other factory automation investments the tactical decisions?

8. How many elements of the business does factory automation affect? What are they?

9. What is the common feature of the engineering operation, manufacturing process and information systems?

10. What is necessary to consider to fully comprehend the financial implications of investing in flexible, programmable manufacturing technologies?

 

3. Reconstruct the text “Planning and Justifying Factory Automation Systems” into a dialogue. The main rules governing a conversation in English:

The person who asks questions in a conversation usually controls it. Personal questions should be expressed tactfully.

Add new phrases to the previous ones:

Let’s be realistic about this plan/suggestion, etc.

I /we/ you have got to think of other sides of this problem as well.

I think it would be reasonable/well-grounded/good, etc. if we discussed your suggestion in detail.

That’s completely irrelevant/off the point. We’re talking about another problem.

Perhaps we could go back to the main point.

Could you stick to the subject/point, please?

That’s very interesting, but I don’t think it’s really to the point.

4. Annotate the text in English. Use the phrases:

I.

a) The title of the article is...
It is written by prof... and published in London in the
journal..., No.3, vol.4, 2011	on pp.3-10
magazine..., No.3, vol.4, 2011
collection of articles... by... editorial house in 2011
book... by... editorial house in 2011
b) The article... by prof... is published in the journal..., in N.Y., pp.5-10.

II.

a) The article	deals with	the problem of...
	discusses
	touches
	discloses
	is devoted to
The text tells us about...
b) Disclosing the problem the author dwells on (upon) such matters as...
The major	points
	matters	of the text are the following:...
	problems
	issues
c) The author	pays special attention to …
	draws readers’ attention to …
Much	attention is paid to...
Great
Special
The author	concentrates on, focuses on
	stresses, underlines, emphasises
	points out
	dwells on (upon)
	distinguishes between
	speaks in details
	gives the classification

III.

a) As far as I am an expert in... I
consider	the article to be of some (great) interest for …
believe
suppose
think
guess
b)	In my opinion	the article is of	great some	interest for
	From my point of view
	To my mind
	the students in applied science
	the specialists in...
	a wide range of readers

 

5. Express your personal view on the statement “Integrated problems require integrated solutions”. Use the following phrases:

As for me… As concerns…

As far as I am concerned…

What I mean to say is…

Summing up the discussion…

In conclusion, I may to say…

To summarize the topic…