Lesson 47
Operations Jargons
Lesson 47
OPERATIONS JARGONS
Practice English with your teacher
3 min
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- What kind of daily operations or workflows do you deal with at your workplace? Are there any bottlenecks you wish you could fix?
직장에서 어떤 일상 업무나 워크플로우를 다루시나요? 개선하고 싶은 병목 현상이 있나요? - Have you ever been involved in a process improvement or restructuring project? What jargon or buzzwords did people use?
업무 프로세스 개선이나 구조조정 프로젝트에 참여해 본 적이 있나요? 사람들이 어떤 전문 용어나 유행어를 사용했나요?
3 min
Key Vocabulary
Learn these words from today's lesson.
오늘 레슨의 주요 단어를 배워봅시다.
bottleneck
A point in a process where work slows down or gets stuck due to limited capacity. 병목 현상; 작업 흐름이 막히는 지점
The packaging department became a bottleneck because they didn't have enough staff to keep up with production.
streamline
To improve a process by making it simpler, faster, or more efficient. 간소화하다; 효율적으로 개선하다
We streamlined the approval process from five steps down to just two.
throughput
The amount of work or product that moves through a system in a given period. 처리량; 일정 기간 내 생산·처리되는 양
After upgrading the machines, our daily throughput increased by thirty percent.
downtime
A period when equipment or systems are not operating, often due to maintenance or failure. 가동 중단 시간; 장비나 시스템이 멈춘 시간
Unexpected downtime on the assembly line cost the company thousands of dollars.
scalability
The ability of a system or operation to handle increased demand without losing performance. 확장성; 수요 증가에 대응할 수 있는 능력
Before expanding overseas, we need to ensure the scalability of our supply chain.
turnaround time
The total time taken to complete a task from start to finish. 처리 소요 시간; 작업 완료까지 걸리는 전체 시간
Our goal is to reduce the turnaround time for customer orders from five days to three.
3 min
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
❌ "We need to streamline our process more efficiently."
✅ "We need to streamline our process."
"Streamline"이라는 단어 자체에 이미 '효율적으로 만들다'라는 뜻이 포함되어 있습니다. 따라서 "efficiently"를 함께 쓰면 의미가 중복됩니다. 한국어로 '업무를 효율적으로 간소화하다'라고 자연스럽게 말하듯이, 영어에서는 "streamline" 하나만으로 충분합니다.
5 min
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- How would you apply what you learned today?
오늘 배운 것을 어떻게 활용하시겠어요? - What was the most useful part of this lesson?
이 수업에서 가장 유용한 부분은 무엇이었나요? - Can you think of a real situation where you would use this?
이것을 사용할 실제 상황을 생각해 볼 수 있나요? - What would you like to practice more?
더 연습하고 싶은 것은 무엇인가요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: OPERATIONS JARGONS
Level: Vocabulary (VOC)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!