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Amazon keeps expanding its empire
Elizabeth Weise
Amazon has doubled the number of air freight cargo planes it is leasing, a further build out of its internal
delivery system.
Atlas Air Worldwide on Thursday said it had signed an agreement with the Seattle internet retailer to operate
20 Boeing 767 for the company for ten years.
Operations under the agreements are expected to begin in the second half of 2016 and ramp up to full
service through 2018, Atlas said.
In addition, Amazon will acquire as much as 20% of Atlas.
The planes will be used to move packages between Amazon’s fulfillment centers, which package goods,
to its sortation centers, which sort them into local delivery pallets that can be taken to the Post Office for
bulk delivery, the company said.
The planes will also be used by Amazon to move goods between its fulfillment centers across the country
to other centers where they are needed for one- and two-day delivery, as no one Amazon center can
stock the 20 million items Amazon typically has available for two-day delivery.
The deal isn't surprising, said John Haber, CEO of Spend Management Experts, a supply chain management
consulting firm.
“This is just the most recent step in Amazon building out a massive logistics network designed to move
more of their transportation and distribution under their direct control," he said.
Available in:<http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/05/06/amazon-further-builds-out-air-freight-network/84035574/> .
Access on: May 2016
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Read the text.
Amazon keeps expanding its empire
Elizabeth Weise
Amazon has doubled the number of air freight cargo planes it is leasing, a further build out of its internal delivery system.
Atlas Air Worldwide on Thursday said it had signed an agreement with the Seattle internet retailer to operate 20 Boeing 767 for the company for ten years.
Operations under the agreements are expected to begin in the second half of 2016 and ramp up to full service through 2018, Atlas said.
In addition, Amazon will acquire as much as 20% of Atlas.
The planes will be used to move packages between Amazon’s fulfillment centers, which package goods, to its sortation centers, which sort them into local delivery pallets that can be taken to the Post Office for bulk delivery, the company said.
The planes will also be used by Amazon to move goods between its fulfillment centers across the country to other centers where they are needed for one- and two-day delivery, as no one Amazon center can stock the 20 million items Amazon typically has available for two-day delivery.
The deal isn't surprising, said John Haber, CEO of Spend Management Experts, a supply chain management consulting firm.
“This is just the most recent step in Amazon building out a massive logistics network designed to move more of their transportation and distribution under their direct control," he said.
Available in:<http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/05/06/amazon-further-builds-out-air-freight-network/84035574/>
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Resposta correta: Alternativa C
Tema central: interpretação de texto — identificar ideia principal e informações explícitas. A prova pede reconhecer, a partir do texto, a função do acordo entre Amazon e Atlas: movimentar cargas entre centros (fulfillment e sortation) e transportar pacotes pelo país. Competências exigidas: skimming (identificar ideia global) e scanning (localizar detalhes).
Resumo teórico rápido: em questões de leitura, prefira primeiro localizar frases-chave que resumem ações (por exemplo, “the planes will be used to move packages…”). Fontes úteis: Cambridge Assessment English — Reading skills; ETS (TOEFL) — estratégias de compreensão. Essas orientações ensinam a priorizar informações explícitas antes de inferir.
Por que a alternativa C é correta: O texto afirma explicitamente que as aeronaves serão usadas “to move packages between Amazon’s fulfillment centers … to its sortation centers” e “to move goods between its fulfillment centers across the country to other centers where they are needed.” Assim, C resume com fidelidade a ideia de parceria operacional para envio de pacotes entre centros e por todo o país.
Análise das alternativas incorretas:
A — Incorreta: afirma ser “the biggest delivery system in the US”. O texto não faz essa comparação absoluta nem declara que será o maior sistema; diz apenas que é um passo para ampliar a rede logística.
B — Incorreta: diz que Amazon usará apenas aviões. O texto informa uso das aeronaves para movimentação entre centros, mas não afirma que outros meios (correio, caminhões) serão excluídos — na verdade menciona Post Office e pallets para entrega.
D — Incorreta: “All goods are delivered within two days” é generalização. O texto aponta que Amazon oferece entregas de um ou dois dias para muitos itens, mas não afirma que todos os bens são entregues em dois dias.
E — Incorreta: é uma avaliação subjetiva e absoluta (“best logistics network / best supply chain”). O texto descreve uma expansão e investimento (leasing, participação acionária), mas não apresenta prova de que isso torna a cadeia a melhor nos EUA.
Estratégias práticas para provas: procure frases que descrevem “who does what” (sujeito + ação), evite alternativas absolutas (always/only/all/biggest/best) e prefira a alternativa que parafraseia literalmente as ações descritas no texto.
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