部门协调会：开好场、控住场，定下促销库存方案

Right, everyone's here. Shall we get started? It's your meeting.

好，人都到齐了。我们开始吧？你主持。

听懂：Shall we get started? 我们开始吧 · it's your meeting 会由你来主持

Great. I'll keep it simple. The promotion starts on the first, and we need twenty thousand units ready.

好。我就直说了。促销一号开始，我们需要准备两万件货。

听懂：keep it simple 简单直说 · twenty thousand units 两万件

Twenty thousand? Last spring we ordered big and sat on half of it for months. Storage isn't free.

两万？去年春天我们订了一大批，结果一半压了好几个月。仓储可不是免费的。

听懂：sat on half of it 一半压着卖不掉 · Storage isn't free 放仓库也要花钱

That was a pricing problem. And honestly, your team shipped late three times last quarter. Customers noticed.

那是定价的问题。而且说实话，上个季度你们团队发货晚了三次，客户都看在眼里。

听懂：pricing problem 定价问题 · shipped late 发货晚了 · last quarter 上个季度

Late because sales changed the orders at the last minute. If we're going to talk about last quarter...

晚是因为销售在最后一刻改了订单。如果要说上个季度的事……

听懂：at the last minute 最后一刻

Fair enough. Back to stock, then. My number is eight thousand. That's what I'm comfortable holding.

有道理。那就回到库存。我的数字是八千，这是我觉得放心能压的量。

听懂：Fair enough 说得对、行 · comfortable holding 放心囤着的（量）

Eight won't even last the first week. We'll run out, and that's lost sales. Where do you land?

八千连第一周都撑不住。会断货，那就是丢了销售额。你怎么看？

听懂：won't even last 连……都撑不过 · run out 卖光、断货 · where do you land? 你倾向哪边、你的结论是

Hmm. Whatever we start with, here's the catch: the supplier needs ten days to deliver any top-up order.

嗯。不管先备多少，有个问题：供应商补货要十天才能送到。

听懂：here's the catch 问题在于 · supplier 供应商 · top-up order 补货订单

Ten days? Then week two is too late. We'd be empty by the time it arrives.

十天？那第二周再定就太晚了，货到之前我们早就空了。

听懂：too late 太晚了 · by the time it arrives 等货到的时候

Then we decide on day eight, using the first week's sales. I'll place the first order this Friday.

那就第八天定，根据第一周的销量。首批订单我这周五下。

听懂：day eight （促销）第八天 · place the first order 下首批订单

Deal. My team will send daily sales figures from day one. Can you sum it up so nobody forgets?

成交。我们组从第一天起每天发销售数据。你总结一下吧，免得有人忘了？

听懂：Deal. 就这么定了 · daily sales figures 每天的销售数据 · sum it up 总结一下

Clear. And thanks for keeping us on track. That's the shortest one of these we've had.

清楚。谢谢你把会控住了。这是我们开过最短的一次。

听懂：keeping us on track 让我们不跑题

Agreed. Graham, coffee after this? We still need to talk about last quarter.

同意。Graham，会后喝杯咖啡？上个季度的事我们还得聊聊。

听懂：coffee after this? 会后喝杯咖啡？