Logistic Facilities: Our Company Location

Hello Sena Apprentice:

This reading will help you to understand how to find some
company features to characterize a Product Distributor. So, read
all the steps. Then, follow the examples to do your evidence.

1 Reading: Read the dialogue between Mr. Martinez and Mr. Beltrán. They are talking
about places to sell products, distribute the products and buy raw materials. Check the
expression used for describing locations.

Mr. Martinez: We need to look for the retail outlets to sell our product in
this neighborhood.
Mr. Beltrán: Yes. This is a non- commercial neighborhood.
Mr. Martinez: Yes. I will check on the map our main buyers. Here it is!
Mr. Beltrán: Where is our company?
Mr. Martinez: It is here. It is on the corner of Third Avenue and Bolivar
Street.
Mr. Beltrán: Exactly! So, are there any coffee shops or food stores to sell our
product?
Mr. Martinez: Yes, there are two Coffee shops and a Bakery’s in the area.
Mr. Beltrán: but the Bakery’s can be our competitor.
Mr. Martinez: How far are the Coffee Shops from our company?
Mr. Beltrán: It’s just five minutes walking from here.
Mr. Martinez: It is close to our company. We can distribute our goods there.
Mr. Beltrán: Yes. It is near to our company and we don’t have to spend too much in
petrol.
Mr. Martinez: Is there any other advantage for selling our products there?
Mr. Beltrán: Yes, there is. The Coffee Shop can help us to replenish our product in
the shops.
Mr. Martinez: Is the Coffee Shop a food chain?
Mr. Beltrán: Yes, it is. It distributes the products in the country.
Mr. Martinez: It is great. We can distribute our products with them.
Mr. Beltrán: Yes, of course.
Mr. Martinez: What about buying our raw materials?
Mr. Beltrán: It is a Chocolate Company on First Avenue and Policarpa Street.
Mr. Martinez: It will be good for our company. How does the company get its raw
materials?
Mr. Beltrán: Well… the company imports some raw materials and buys others in the
country.
Mr. Martinez: Those advantages can help to reduce costs.
Mr. Beltrán: Yes, indeed.
Mr. Martinez: We can compare the advantages or disadvantages of selecting that
company.
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2 Reading: Read the dialogue again between Mr. Martinez and Mr. Beltrán. Check the
places where they can get the raw materials and Product Distributors. Remember to
use common expressions for locating places.

Chocolate Department
Bakery Butchery
Company Store
Policarpa Street

National Grocery Public Coffee Shop

Second Avenue
Bank Store Library 2
First avenue

Third Avenue
Santander Street
Toys Shop
Drug Store Hospital Park
Bolivar Street

Coffee Shop Cookies

Post Office Laundromat
1 Factory
Llinas Street

Reading: Read the following features of each company to characterize a

3 product distributor.

Coffee Shop 1
The best coffee shop in the country
Principal Branch in Bogota
Branches in Cartagena, Buenaventura,
Coffee Shop 2
Medellin, Llanos Orientales. Own facilities
The best coffee and cookies in the country
We provide the best coffee in the country
Principal Shop in Bogota
and distribute along Latin America and
Distribution Centers in Buenaventura,
Europe
Llanos Orientales, Santanderes,
We buy our Colombian Products.
Cartagena, Medellin, Putumayo, and
3000 employees from the cities branches
Bogotá.
Dispatching Order deliveries in less than
We distribute the best coffee and cookies
24 hours in the country
to Europe and North America and Latin
Open from Monday to Saturday
America.
Protecting the environment and helping
We import coffee from Brazil
communities
5000 employees around Colombia
Under national rules protection
Dispatch to Colombia in less than 12 and
Different currencies accepted
to Europe or North America in 24 hours.
Open from Monday to Saturday, 24 hours.
Contributing to education and environment
in the community
National currency
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4 Reading: Read each company’s features and their grades on a scale of 1 to 5

where 5 is the maximum and 1 the minimum.

Coffee Coffee
Company Features Shop 1 Shop 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Location
Where is the principal company? X
How far is the principal coffee shop from the Cookies
X
Company?
Service Centers
How many branches does the coffee shop have? X X
Does the Coffee Shop distribution centers? X X
Is it close to distribution centers? X X
Inventory Storage
How many imports and exports have per month? X X
Locational Gravitation
Does the coffee shop export products? X X
How much raw materials does the coffee shop import? X X
What companies does the Coffee shop sell to? X X
Transfer
How long is the delivery order? X X
What are the opening times? X X
Quality of life
Does the Coffee Shop help to health or education? X X
Workforce dynamics
How many employees does the company employ? X X
Does the Coffee Shop employ national citizens? X X
Community attitudes
Does the Coffee Shop contribute to the community? X X
Political indicators
Does the Coffee Shop follow political rules? X X
Does the Coffee Shop accept different currencies? X X
Environment and ecology
Does the Coffee Shop protect the environment? X X
Infrastructure
Does the Coffee Shop have its own facility? X X
Does the Coffee Shop have a well-infrastructure? X X
Total Score 84 74
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5 Writing: According to the total score, the best company to become a product
distributor is Coffee Shop 1. Now it is necessary to check the advantages and
disadvantages of selecting it.

COFFEE SHOP 1
Advantages Disadvantages
Its principal company is in Bogota. It doesn’t have many branches in the
country.
It is close to the cookies company. It doesn’t have many distribution centers.
It has less imports and exports per It isn’t close to distribution centers.
month.
It doesn’t export a lot of products.
It doesn’t import raw materials.
It sells its products to different
companies.
It transports the products quickly.
It opens the shops during the week.
It contributes to the community in
health and education.
It employs a good quantity of
employees.
It employs national citizens.
It follows political rules
It accepts different currencies.
It protects the environment.
It has a good infrastructure.
It has its own infrastructure.

Our best Product Distributor is…because….