物流英語教學課件：chapter 1 Overview of Logistics

物流英語方式課堂講授課堂討論考核與成績平時成績40％；期末考試60％考核方式：平時作業(yè)+期末閉卷考試Chapterone

OverviewofLogisticsText1:Logistics:whatitis

Text2:ActivitiesinthelogisticalSystemSupplementaryreading:CareerinLogistics

LearningobjectiveTounderstandthedefinitionoflogisticsTolearntheactivitiesinlogisticssystemToknowaboutlogisticscareer

TextOne:Logistics:whatitisKeytermsLogistics物流definitionoflogistics物流的定義CouncilofLogisticsManagement(CLM)

物流管理flowandstorageofgoods物品的流動和存儲plan,implementandcontrol計劃，實行和控制customerrequirements客戶需求

whatislogistics?

DefinitionprovidedbyCSCM(CouncilofSupplyChainManagementProfessionals)logisticsistheprocessofplanning,implementingandcontrollingtheefficient,effectiveflowandstorageofgoods,servicesandrelatedinformationfrompointoforigintopointofconsumptionforthepurposeofmeetingcustomerrequirements.Analysisoflogisticsdefinitionlogisticsisaprocessof“plan,implement,andcontrol.”Thatmeans—logisticsshouldbeinvolvedinallthreeactivities,planning,implementing,controlling—notjustoneortwoAnalysisoflogisticsdefinition(cont’)Definitionalsorefersto“efficientandeffectiveflowandstorage”.Question:whatisthedifferencesbetweenthesetwowords“efficient”and“effective”?Analysisoflogisticsdefinition(cont’)Thedefinitionalsoindicatesthatlogisticsinvolvestheflowandstorageof“goods,services,andrelatedinformation.”Thatmeans--logisticsisasmuchabouttheflowandstorageofinformationasitisabouttheflowandstorageofgoods.Advancesininformationtechnologymakeitincreasinglyeasy—andlesscostly—forcompaniestoobtainimportantinformationtomakelogisticaldecision.Analysisoflogisticsdefinition(cont’)Finally,thedefinitionindicatesthatthepurposeoflogisticsistomeetcustomerrequirements.Thisimpliesthatlogisticsstrategiesandplansshouldbebaseduponcustomerwantsandneeds.Notes:物流是一個中國乃至全世界的熱門話題。雖然它已經不是一個新生事物了，但是不少人對物流的認識仍然有限。1.LogisticsisahottopicinChinaandthewholeworld.Althoughitisanythingbutanewbornbaby,lotsofpeoplestillhavelimitedawarenessof,andknowledgeaboutlogistics.2.Logisticsistheprocessofplanning,implementingandcontrollingtheefficient,effectiveflowandstorageofgoods,servicesandrelatedinformationfrompointoforigintopointofconsumptionforthepurposeofmeetingcustomerrequirements.物流是計劃實施和控制商品的快速、高效流動和儲存，以及從源頭到消費的服務和信息的全過程，以滿足客戶的需求。這里我們要注意efficientandeffective這兩個詞的區(qū)別：Efficient指的是效率高的,有能力的，而effective強調的是有效的，有影響的。3.First,logisticsisaprocessof“plan,implement,andcontrol.”O(jiān)fparticularimportanceistheword“and”,whichsuggeststhatlogisticsshouldbeinvolvedinallthreeactivities,planning,implementing,controlling—notjustoneortwo.首先，物流是“計劃，執(zhí)行與控制”。特別重要的是這個“與”字，它指出物流應該包括所有這三方面——計劃，執(zhí)行和控制——而不僅僅是其中一個或兩個方面。TopicforDiscussion:

討論話題1.Islogisticsanewconcept?Ifitisnot,doyouknowanythingabouttheoriginandhistoryoflogistics?Pleasesharetheinformationyouhavewithyourgroupmember.

2.Howmuchdoyouknowabouttheliteralmeaningoflogistics?TextTwo:

ActivitiesinthelogisticalSystem

KeyTerms: demandforecasting需求預測transportation運輸

warehousing倉儲inventorymanagement庫存管理materialhandling物料搬運packaging包裝informationprocessing信息處理procurement采購productionplanning生產計劃customerservice客戶服務Logisticalactivities:Activitiesinclude:demandforecasting,transportation,warehousing,inventorycontrol,materialhandling,packaging,informationprocessing,procurement,productionplanning,customerservice……DemandforecastingDemandforecastingreferstoeffortstoestimateproductdemandinafuturetimeperiod.Question:Whydemandforecastingisimportantforacompany?LookuptheanswerfromyourtextbookTransportation:

Transportationrefertothephysicalmovementofgoodsfrompointoforigintopointofconsumptionitinvolvesselectionofthetransportmode,routingoftheshipment,compliancewithregulationintheregionofthecountry,andselectionofcarriers.TransportationisoftenthemostcostlylogisticsactivityInventoryManagement

Inventoryreferstostocksofgoodthataremaintainedforavarietyofpurposes,suchasforresaletoothers,aswellastosupportmanufacturingorassemblingprocesses.Warehousing

Warehousingreferstoplaceswhereinventorycanbestoredforaparticularperiodoftime.Inthepastdecades,importantchangeshaveoccurredwithrespecttotheroleofwarehousingincontemporarylogisticssystemPackaging

Packagingcanhavebothamarketing(consumerpackaging)andlogistical(industrialpackaging)dimension.Industrialpackagingfocusonprotectingtheproductwhileitisbeingshippedandstored.Toomuchpackagingincreasescostswhileinadequateprotectioncanresultinmerchandisedamageand,ultimately,customerdissatisfaction.Materialshandling

Materialshandlingreferstotheshort-distancemovementofproductswithintheconfinesofafacility(e.g.,plant,warehouse).Question:whymanagerstendstotominimizethenumberofhandlingwheneverpossible.

InformationmanagementInformationiswhatlinksallareasofthelogisticssystemtogether.firmsarelinkingtheirinternallogisticsinformationsystemswiththoseoftheirsuppliers,customersandotherpartner.Suchanopenexchangeofinformationcanresultinfasterorderplacement,quickerdelivery,andgreateraccountabilitythroughoutthelogisticsprocess.ProcurementProcurementreferstotherawmaterials,componentparts,andsuppliesboughtfromoutsideorganizationstosupportacompany’soperation.ProductionplanningItcanbeconcludedunderlogisticsbecausemanufacturingneedcomponentandrawmaterialsinordertomikefinishedgoodsthatare,inturn,demandedbyacustomer.CustomerserviceCustomerserviceinvolvesmakingsurethattherightpersonreceivetherightproductwiththerightquantityattherightplaceattherighttimeintherightconditionattherightcost.Note1.Inventoryreferstostocksofgoodthataremaintainedforavarietyofpurposes,suchasforresaletoothers,aswellastosupportmanufacturingorassemblingprocesses.存貨指的是為不同目的而保留的儲存貨物，例如要轉賣給他人的貨物，用于支持生產或組裝過程的貨物。Avarietyof種種，若干。2.Warehousingreferstoplaceswhereinventorycanbestoredforaparticularperiodoftime.Inthepastdecades,importantchangeshaveoccurredwithrespecttotheroleofwarehousingincontemporarylogisticssystem.倉庫指的是一段時間內用來存儲存貨的地方。在過去的十年中，倉儲在現(xiàn)代物流系統(tǒng)中的角色發(fā)生了重要的變化。Withrespectto關于，至于。3.Packagingcanhavebothamarketing(consumerpackaging)andlogistical(industrialpackaging)dimension.包裝包括營銷包裝（消費包裝）和物流包裝（工業(yè)包裝）兩種類型。4.Materialshandlingreferstotheshort-distancemovementofproductswithintheconfinesofafacility(e.g.,plant,warehouse).物資搬運指的是產品在同一設施（如工廠，倉庫）內的短距離移動。5.Procurementreferstotherawmaterials,componentparts,andsuppliesboughtfromoutsideorganizationstosupportacompany’soperation.采購是指從公司外部購買原材料，零部件以支持公司的運作。6.Customerserviceinvolvesmakingsurethattherightpersonreceivetherightproductwiththerightquantityattherightplaceattherighttimeintherightconditionattherightcost.

客戶服務包括要以恰當?shù)某杀臼骨‘數(shù)目蛻粼谇‘數(shù)臅r間，恰當?shù)牡攸c以恰當?shù)臓顩r和恰當?shù)膬r格收到他想要的（恰當?shù)模┊a品。這7個恰當“rights”就是物流服務的核心理念，他和CSCMP所定義的物流的目的，任務是吻合的，只是關注的角度不同，因此也有學者用這7個“恰當”來定義“物流”這個概念。Exercises:

PleasetranslatethefollowingEnglishsentencesintoChinese1)Forexample,ifacompanypromisesthatallorderswillbeshippedwithin24hoursofreceipt,whatpercentageofordersareactuallyshippedwithin24hoursofreceipt?2)Transportationrefertothephysicalmovementofgoodsfrompointoforigintopointofconsumption,itinvolvesselectionofthetransportmode,routingoftheshipment,compliancewithregulationintheregionofthecountry,andselectionof