1.Efficiency 效率
A： What is the efficiency of this product line？
B： It's about 85%.
A：这个生产线的效率是多少？
B：差不多85%.
2.Labor costs 人工成本
A： Why do we have such high labor costs？
B： Our labor workers were from the state owned enterprise.
A：我们的人工成本怎么这么高啊？
B：我们的工人是从国企来的。
3.Lean manufacturing 精益制造
A： Why do we need lean manufacturing？
B： Very simple， to cut the costs and increase the efficiency.
A：我们为什么需要精益制造啊？
B：很简单，为了节约成本，提高效率。
4.Power consumption 能源消耗
A： What is the power consumption for your plant？
B： Ten thousand KWH each day.
A：你们工厂的能源消耗怎么样？
B：每天一万千瓦小时。
5.PPM 百万分之一件
A： What is your PPM？
B： Our PPM is 25.
A： That's great.
A：你们的PPM是多少？
B：我们的PPM是25.
A：很好。
Note：PPM means part per million， usually a measure of quality.
注：PPM是百万分之一件的缩写，通常是质量的一种指标。