2013 [BUSINESS ENGLISH PORTFOLIO]

o C n o o s e t h e c o r r e c t w o r d t o f ill e a c h g a p .
'Buying the m arket' is an arrangem ent whereby
companies publish component (I) --i2-- and ask pre-
qualified vendors to bid for the contract It IS a short-term
deal with almost no (2) C" with the supplier and
the length of the bidding process is (3) ~_ by ha~.
Furthermore, the cost of order (4) A falls to
around $5 an order as (5) lh to $50 when ~ is
done on paper. For com panies such as aircraft
m anufacturer Boeing, (6) .oold be) necessary. Not only
(14 cutbacks are feared/ow cutbacks Paored) in the
industrial solvents division, but there are also concems
about radical restructuring of the Frenth polishing
division. A company spokesman said that staffwill be the
firstto be infonmed of any reductions as soon as decisions
(15 are made/"iN ae JllOde).
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