BEC高级精讲班第8讲讲义
　　Homeworkreview
　　学习重点
　　 1． Homework review
　　2． Vocabulary study
　　3． What is e-business?
　　4． The advantages of e-business
　　5． Oral practice
　　6． Business passage reading
　　7． Homework
　　I. Homework review
　　1.
　　Changes in Mobile Phones Ownership in Europe, the USA and Asia in the period 2000, 2003 and 2008 (Forecast)
　　In 2000, mobile phones represented 5% of all telephones in Europe, 10% of all telephones in the USA, and 2% of all Asian telephones.
　　In 2003, the percentage of all telephones that were mobiles in Europe and the USA increased by 10% to 15% and 20% respectively. Asia’s percentage of mobiles rose by 8% to 10%.
　　A 2008 forecast suggest that Europe’s percentage of mobiles will rise another 5% to 20%. The USA will have mobiles as 35% of all telephone, a rise of 15%, and Asia’s increase will be dramatic, from 10% in 1998 to 30% in 2003, a leap of 20%.
　　It seems that mobile phone use will increase dramatically, especially in Asia.
　　2.
　　Homework 1
　　Report on adopting new practices
　　Introduction
　　The aim of this report is to explain two new practices learnt from the JK Toys and recommend them into implementation in our company.
　　Findings
　　The key findings are outlined below.
　　n Hotdesking
　　The limited work space of our company has always been one of the biggest problems, and what we could predict is that employees will expect a better working environment. JK Toys is the pioneer of the hotdesking practice. After implementation, they found it flexible and effective to arrange more shift work, and better use of office equipment. The similar situation brings us a positive expectation.
　　n Childcare service
　　Most of our employees are not able to take care of their children because of their busy schedule. Considering the total number of employees who are struggling with this tough situation, we plan to set up a kindergarten. All children of our employees aged below 6 are welcome. The kindergarten in the JK Toys are free of charge and can be a tool of motivation. Employees would enjoy their job with much more dedication, and that is also our purpose.
　　Conclusions
　　It is clear that new practices should be adopted into our company to improve the current situation. We could foster a better working environment in the future.
　　Recommendations
　　It would be advisable to test these two practices for 2-3 months in order to ensure a positive effect in our company.
　　 Homework 2
　　 Report on Introduction of Two New Practices
　　Introduction
　　This report aims to introduce two advanced practices – Total Quality Management (TQM) and Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory system, and the benefits of adopting them.
　　New practices from UP Corporation
　　UP Corporation has implemented TQM and JIT inventory system for approximately ten years. By now, owing to the success of implementing these two approaches, it has become the market leader of the car manufacturing industry.
　　Introductions and Benefits
　　TQM is an organization-wide effort to infuse quality into every activity in a company through continuous improvements. It focuses on teamwork, increasing customer satisfaction and lowering costs. Obviously, it will greatly reduce the cost of dealing with the defective products and disgruntled customers. JIT inventory system is a control system that schedules materials to arrive precisely when they are needed in the production line. This system has tremendous advantages. In particular, it reduces the level of an organization’s inventory to zero, which will free productive capital for other company uses.
　　Conclusions
　　To sum up, the introduction of TQM and JIT inventory system into our company will boost our production efficiency, improve quality of our products, lower the costs and enhance customer satisfaction.
　　Suggestions
　　It is strongly recommended that training of these two approaches should be given to our staff. As both of these systems require strong coordination from people in different departments, team spirit and communication skills should be emphasized in the training course.
　　infuse verb
　　1 [transitive] formal to fill something or someone with a particular feeling or quality 把….注入; (向…) 灌输
　　be infused with something
　　Her books are infused with humour and wisdom.
　　infuse something into something
　　These new designers are infusing fresh interest into the New York fashion scene.
　　2 [intransitive and transitive] if you infuse tea or herbs, or if they infuse, you leave them in very hot water while their taste passes into the water 泡茶，浸渍

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