Unit6LogisticsInformationSystem《物流英語》教學課件

Unit6LogisticsInformationSystemIntroductiontoLogisticsInformationSystemInformationTechnologiesinLogistics【Lead-in】Logisticsinformationsystem(LIS)isbecomingmoreandmoreimportantasitprovideslesscostandcycletimeforcompanies.TextOneinthisunitmainlydescribesthedefinition,structureandfunctionsofLIS.Inthesecondtext,informationtechnologiesinlogistics,suchasbar-code,electronicdatainterchange(EDI)andglobalpositioningsystem(GPS)willbediscussed.【LearningObjectives】1.ToknowthemaininformationsystemsinLIS.2.ToknowthefunctionsofLIS.3.Toknowthemaininformationtechnologiesinlogistics.

Listening&Speaking

Ⅰ.Listentothesentencesandfillintheblankswithwhatyouexactlyheard.

1.Oneofthedistinctivefeaturesofmodernlogistics

ininformationtechnology.2.The

costwillbedramaticallyreducedthroughLIS.liesprocessing3.Informationisusedbymanagerstomakemanyimportant

.4.Sometimesmanagersaremisledbytheinformation

alongthedownstreamofasupplychain.5.Informationflowwasoften

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becauseitwasnotviewedasbeingcriticalbycustomers.decisionsgatheredoverlooked1.A:Couldyoutellmewherethegoodsarenow?B:OK,letme

themonline.Ah,theship carryingyourcontainersiswaitingforthetransit ofSuezCanal（蘇伊士運河）.Itwillpassthe canalin24hours.A:Really?Justtellmehowto

thegoodsin suchashorttime?B:Itissimple.Withthe

ofGPS,consignments intransitcanbeeasilytracked.A:Oh,that’stoo

!Thankyou.Ⅱ.Listentothedialoguesandfillintheblankswithwhatyouexactlyheard.checktrackamazingaid2.A:WhatisEDIabout?B:Well,thefullnameforEDIiselectronicdata

,anditiswidelyusedinbusiness field.A:Isit

?B:No,forcompanieslikeours,EDIcandoallthe thingseasily.Thesoftwarewillusethedatafrom EDItofindits

accurately.A:Thatsoundsgood!NowIknowmoreaboutEDI. Thankyou.B:Mypleasure.interchangecomplicatedtargetsInformationtechnologyisthekeyrtoachieveintegration.However,manydatabasesareltospecificfunctionsandarenoteasilyaccessedonacross-functionalbasis.Theneedtoshareinformationhasrinthedevelopmentofdatawarehousesthatexistforthesolepofsharinginformationbetweensystems.Untilschemesaredevelopedtotransferinformation,theexistingapplicationscanserveasabtoprocessintegrationbecausecriticaldatacannotber.

shared.Ⅲ.Listentothepassageandfillintheblankswithwhatyouexactlyheard,thefirstlettershavebeengiven.esourceimitedesultedurposearriereadilyReadingText1IntroductiontoLogisticsInformationSystem【KeyTerms】logisticsinformationsystem(LIS)物流信息系統(tǒng)purchasinginformationsystem采購信息系統(tǒng)transportinformationsystem運輸信息系統(tǒng)inventorycontrollingsystem庫存控制系統(tǒng)qualitymanagementinformationsystem質量管理信息系統(tǒng)salesinformationsystem銷售信息系統(tǒng)transportdocument運輸單據(jù)【NewWordsandPhrases】procedure/pr??si:d??/n.

程序；手續(xù)；步驟evaluate/i?v?ljueit/vt.

評估；評價distribute/di?stribju:t/vt.

分發(fā)；分配implement/?implim?nt/vt.

履行；實施schedule/??edju:l/vt.

安排track/tr?k/vt.

跟蹤purchaseorder采購訂單withregardto關于，至于registration/?red?i?strei??n/n.

登記；掛號statistical/st??tistik(?)l/adj.

統(tǒng)計的；統(tǒng)計學的update/??p?deit/vt.

更新consignment/k?n?sainm?nt/n.

托運，寄售routinely/ru:?ti:nli/adv.

例行地，常規(guī)地salesorder銷售訂單credit/?kredit/n.

信用；榮譽verify/?verifai/vt.

核實，查對entry/?entri/n.

進入aggregate/??grigeit/vt.

聚集，集合；n.

總數(shù)，合計application/??pli?kei?(?)n/n.

應用；申請comparison/k?m?p?ris?n/n.

比較；對照vital/?vaitl/adj.

必不可少的，極其重要的retrieve/ri?tri:v/vt.

檢索；重新獲得perspective/p??spektiv/n.

視角；觀點【TextLearning】WhatIsLogisticsInformationSystemLogisticsinformationsystem(LIS)isdefinedasthe“people,equipment,andproceduresusedtogather,sort,analyze,evaluate,anddistributeneeded,timelyandaccurateinformationtodecisionmakers”.StructureofLISThelogisticsinformationsystem(LIS)ismadeupofthefollowinginformationsystems.TransportInformationSystemPurchasingInformationSystemQualityManagementInformationSystemSalesInformationSystemInventoryControllingSystemLISPurchasingInformationSystemTransportInformationSystemInventoryControllingSystemQualityManagementInformationSystemSalesInformationSystemFunctionsofLISPlanningLogisticsInformationSystem(LIS)Controlling【Notes】1.Logisticsinformationsystem(LIS)isdefinedasthe“people,equipment,andproceduresusedtogather,sort,analyze,evaluate,anddistributeneeded,timelyandaccurateinformationtodecisionmakers”.

物流信息系統(tǒng)（LIS）被定義為“為決策者收集、挑選、分析、評估并發(fā)布所需要的、及時、準確的信息所用的人員、設備和程序”。

2.Someofthemorecommonlyimplementedsystemsareusedtosupporttransportationmanagement,warehousingmanagement,andoperationsplanningandscheduling.

有些較為常見的系統(tǒng)用于運輸和倉儲管理，以及各種業(yè)務的計劃和調度。

3.Withtheanalysisofdata,theycanknowclearlyhowmuchofacertainmaterialtheyneedandestablishalong-termrelationshipwiththeirsuppliers.

通過數(shù)據(jù)分析，企業(yè)可以清楚掌握物料采購數(shù)量，并與供應商建立長期的合作關系。

4.Thetransportinformationsystemmainlyincludevehicleinformationmanagement,drivermanagement,transportationbusinessregistration,transportplanningarrangements,etc.

交通信息系統(tǒng)主要包括車輛資料管理、駕駛員管理、運輸業(yè)務登記、運輸計劃安排等。

5.Allkeyfiguresrelatingtomaterialmovementsinvolvingcurrentstocksandsupplierconsignmentstocksareupdatedaccordingtoinventorylevels.

所有有關當前庫存和供應商寄售庫存的信息都隨著庫存水平不斷更新。

寄售是一種委托代售的貿易方式，它是指委托人（貨主）先將貨物運往寄售地，委托代銷人（受委托人）按照寄售協(xié)議規(guī)定的條件代替貨主進行貨物銷售，貨物出售后，再由代銷人向貨主結算貨款的一種貿易做法。

6.Qualitymanagementinformationsystemreferstotheanalysisofsuppliers,materialsandcustomers,inordertoensurethequalityinformationofenterprisemanagementcanbedeliveredandrespondedeffectively.

質量管理信息系統(tǒng)是指對供應商、物料和客戶進行分析，以確保企業(yè)管理的質量信息能夠及時有效地傳遞，并得到快速響應。

7.Whenthesalesordersystemison-line,customercreditandinventorylevelscanimmediatelybeverifiedbythesalesperson,whichprovidesthesalespersonwithacompetitiveadvantageoverothersalespersonswithoutorderentrysystems.

銷售訂單系統(tǒng)運行時，銷售人員可以隨時查詢客戶信用和庫存水平。和其他沒有訂單輸入系統(tǒng)的銷售人員相比，這就使得該銷售員更有競爭優(yōu)勢?！皁n-line”在此意為“運轉、運行”。

8.Theinformationsystemsinlogisticsareflexibletoolsforcollecting,aggregatingandanalyzingdatafromtheoperativeapplications(suchaspurchasing,production,sales,inventorycontrollingandqualitymanagementinformation).

物流信息系統(tǒng)是收集、匯總和分析應用數(shù)據(jù)（如采購、生產、銷售、庫存控制和質量管理信息）的靈活工具。

9.Forthisreason,theinformationsystemsgivecompaniesplanningdata,inadditiontoretrievingandaggregatingactualdata.

為此，除了檢索和匯總的實際數(shù)據(jù)外，信息系統(tǒng)還為企業(yè)提供了計劃數(shù)據(jù)。

forthisreason因此，為此

Example:Forthisreason,youmustdealwithitaccordingtowhathesaid.因此，你必須按照他所說的去做。

10.Theinformationsystemsinlogisticscanbeusedonavarietyoflevelsinthedecision-makingprocessasatoolofplanning,managementandcontrol.

作為計劃、管理和控制的工具，物流信息系統(tǒng)可用于各種決策過程。【Exercises】Ⅰ.Choosethebestanswerforeachquestion.1.Companiesoftentrackpurchaseorderstooptimizetheirbusinessprocessesin

.A.purchasinginformationsystemB.transportinformationsystemC.inventorycontrollingsystemD.salesinformationsystemA2.Allthedataanalysisintransportinformationsystemisbasedonthedatathatisupdatedfrom

.A.purchaseorders B.transportdocumentsC.inventorylevels D.salesorders3.Incommoncases,theperiodunitininventorycontrollingsystemis

.A.“year” B.“month”C.“day” D.“hour”BB4.

canensurethequalityinformationofenterprisemanagementisdeliveredandrespondedeffectively.A.PurchasinginformationsystemB.TransportinformationsystemC.SalesinformationsystemD.Qualitymanagementinformationsystem5.The

canroutinelyrecordsalesorders.A.purchasinginformationsystemB.transportinformationsystemC.inventorycontrollingsystemD.salesinformationsystemDDⅡ.Readthefollowingstatementscarefullyandjudgeiftheyare“True”or“False”.1.Withtheanalysisofdatainpurchasinginformationsystem,companiescanknowclearlyhowmuchofacertainmaterialtheyneed.()2.Drivermanagementdoesnotbelongtotransportinformationsystem.()TF3.Incommoncases,theperiodunitinwarehousingcontrollingsystemis“day”.()4.Whenthesalesordersystemison-line,salespersonscanimmediatelyverifytheinventorylevels.()5.Theplanneddataisuselessinthedecision-makingprocess.()FTFⅢ.Fillintheblankswiththewordsorphrasesgivenbelow.Changetheformsifnecessary.instance whether tell recommenddecision crucial serve gatherInformationis

totheperformanceinlogisticsbecauseitprovidesthefactsthatlogisticsmanagersusetomake

.Therefore,managersmustunderstandhowinformationis

andanalyzed.Informationtechnology(IT)

astheeyesandearsofmanagementinlogistics,capturinganddeliveringtheinformationnecessarytomakeagooddecision.For

,anITsystematapersonalcomputermanufacturermay

themanagerhowmanyproductsareinstock.ITisalsousedtoanalyzetheinformationand

anaction.Inthisrole,amanagercantakethenumberofproductsininventory,lookatdemandforecast,andthendetermine

toordermorematerials.crucialdecisionsgatheredservesinstancetellrecommendwhetherⅣ.TranslatethefollowingphrasesintoEnglish.1．物流信息系統(tǒng)

2．采購信息系統(tǒng)

3．運輸信息系統(tǒng)

4．質量管理信息系統(tǒng)

5．銷售訂單logisticsinformationsystem(LIS)purchasinginformationsystemtransportinformationsystemqualitymanagementinformationsystemsalesordersⅤ.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoChinese.1.Avarietyoflogisticsinformationsystemshavebeendesignedandimplementedfordifferentlogisticsactivitiesandstrategicpurposes.

為了不同的物流活動，實現(xiàn)不同的戰(zhàn)略目標，人們設計并使用了各種各樣的物流信息系統(tǒng)。

2.LIScanfacilitateinformationsharingbothwithinandbetweencompanies.

物流信息系統(tǒng)可以促進企業(yè)內部和企業(yè)之間的信息共享。

3.EveryoneinLIScananalyzeandmonitorthemovementsofothers.

物流信息系統(tǒng)中的每個成員都可以分析并跟蹤其他成員的動態(tài)。

4.Thesalesinformationsystemroutinelyrecordssalesordersandprovidesthecorrespondingdocuments.

銷售信息系統(tǒng)定期記錄銷售訂單，并提供相應單據(jù)。

5.Thecomparisonofplanneddataandactualdataplaysavitalpartinthedecision-makingprocess.

將計劃數(shù)據(jù)和實際數(shù)據(jù)進行比較對決策過程起著重要作用。Text2InformationTechnologiesinLogistics【KeyTerms】informationtechnologies信息技術demandforecastingandplanning需求預測與計劃bar-code條形碼electronicdatainterchange(EDI)電子數(shù)據(jù)交換globalpositioningsystem(GPS)全球定位系統(tǒng)【NewWordsandPhrases】invest/in?vest/v.

投資，投入enhance/in?hɑ:ns/vt.

提高；加強capability/?keip??biliti/

n.

能力；才能representation/?reprizen?tei??n/n.

表現(xiàn)；表示visual/?vi?ju?l/adj.

視覺的；看得見的format/?f?:m?t/n.

設計，安排width/widθ/n.

寬度；闊度；廣度spacing/?speisi?/n.

間隔，間距parallel/?p?r?lel/adj.

平行的；類似的pattern/?p?t?n/n.

模式dot/d?t/n.

點concentric/k?n?sentrik/adj.

有同一中心的concentriccircle同心圓optical/??ptik?l/adj.

光學的；視覺的scanner/?sk?n?/n.

掃描儀exchange/iks?t?eind?/vt.

交換；兌換previously/?pri:vi?sli/adv.

預先；以前transaction/tr?n?z?k??n/n.

交易；業(yè)務transactiontime交易時間reduction/ri?d?k??n/n.

減少；縮小urgent/??:d??nt/adj.

急迫的；緊要的surcharge/?s?:t?ɑ:d?/n.

附加費，增收費drawback/?dr?:b?k/n.

缺點changeover/?t?eind???uv?/n.

轉變，大變更position/p??zi??n/vt.

定位navigation/?n?vi?gei??n/n.

航海；航空；導航continuous/k?n?tinju?s/adj.

連續(xù)不斷的unobstructed/'?n?b'str?ktid/adj.

無阻礙的survey/?s?:vei/n./vt.

調查；勘測surveillance/s???veil?ns/n.

監(jiān)視mainstay/?meinstei/n.

支柱，中流砥柱aviation/?eivi?ei??n/n.

航空；航空學【TextLearning】Manyadvancedtechnologiesareusedinlogistics,suchasbar-code,electronicdatainterchange(EDI)andglobalpositioningsystem(GPS).Bar-codeAbar-codeisamachine-readablerepresentationofinformationinavisualformatonthesurface.Bar-codescanbedividedintoone-dimensionalbar-code(1Dbar-code)andtwo-dimensionalbar-code(2Dbar-code).ElectronicDataInterchange（EDI）

Electronicdatainterchange（EDI）istheprocessofusingcomputerstoexchangebusinessdocumentsbetweencompanies.

DatabasesInternetDatabasesEDISoftwareEDISoftwareCompanyACompanyBTheglobalpositioningsystem(GPS)isaspace-basedglobalnavigationsatellitesystem.

GlobalPositioningSystem（GPS）【Notes】

1.Manycompaniesarebeginningtobetterunderstandtheneedforlogisticsinformationsupport,andasaresult,theyhavebeguntoinvestintechnologiesthatenhancedecision-makingcapabilitiesfortransportationmanagement,warehousingmanagement,anddemandforecastingandplanning.

現(xiàn)在，很多企業(yè)開始更好地理解這一需求，因此開始投資那些能夠提高運輸管理、倉儲管理、需求預測與計劃等方面的決策能力的技術。

2.Originallybar-codesstoreddatainthewidthsandspacingsofprintedparallellines,buttodaytheyalsocomeinpatternsofdots,concentriccircles,andhiddeninimages.

最初，條形碼把數(shù)據(jù)儲存在一組平行的、由條和空組成的直線上，但現(xiàn)在條形碼也以圓點和同心圓的形式出現(xiàn)，有時甚至隱藏在圖像里面。

3.Atpresent,the1Dbar-codeisstillmainlyusedforcommoditiesinpractice,so1Dbar-codeisalsocalledcommoditybar-code.

目前在商品上的應用仍以一維條形碼為主，所以一維條形碼又被稱為商品條形碼。

4.Electronicdatainterchange（EDI）istheprocessofusingcomputerstoexchangebusinessdocumentsbetweencompanies.

電子數(shù)據(jù)交換（EDI）是指企業(yè)之間利用計算機交換商業(yè)文件的過程。

5.TheapplicationsofEDIinlogisticscanreducetransactiontime,whichhelpmaintainefficientinventorylevels,andtheyalsocontributetoabetteruseofwarehousespace,andlessoutstockproblems.

在物流中使用EDI可以縮短交易時間，這有助于維持最經濟的庫存水平，同時也有利于更好地利用倉庫空間，減少脫銷問題。

6.IfthechangeoverfromtraditionalmethodstoEDIhasnotbeenmadewithinsomebusinesses,othercompaniesdealingwiththemmayhavetousethemoretraditionalmethods.

如果某些企業(yè)還沒有從傳統(tǒng)的文件交換方式轉換為電子數(shù)據(jù)交換，那么與之有業(yè)務往來的企業(yè)也必須使用更為傳統(tǒng)的方法。

7.Itprovidesreliablepositioning,navigation,andtimingservicestoworldwideusersonacontinuousbasisinallweather,dayandnight.AnywhereontheearthhasanunobstructedviewoffourormoreGPSsatellites.

它可以在任何天氣情況下夜以繼日地向全世界各個地方的用戶提供可靠的定位、導航和定時服務。任何地區(qū)都能觀測到4顆以上GPS衛(wèi)星。

8.Inlogisticsfield,GPShasbecomeamainstayoftransportationsystemsworldwide,providingnavigationforaviation,ground,andmaritimeoperations,andisplayinganincreasinglyimportantrole.

在物流領域，GPS已成為全球運輸系統(tǒng)的支柱，為航空、地面和海上活動提供導航服務，并發(fā)揮著越來越重要的作用。

【Exercises】Ⅰ.Choosethebestanswerforeachquestion.1.Abar-code

.A.canbereadbyspecialmachinesB.representsinformationC.maybeinapatternofdotsD.alloftheabovearecorrectD2.1Dbar-codeisalsocalled

.A.productbar-codeB.goodsbar-codeC.commoditybar-codeD.inventorybar-code3.Companiescannotuse

toexchangebusinessdocuments.A.EDI B.faxC.mail D.GPSCD4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisfalseaboutEDI?

.

A.EDIisusedtoexchangebusinessdocumentsbetweencompanies.B.EDIisquickerthanmailandfax.C.EDIcanleadtoaraiseinfreightcosts.D.EDIcanonlyworkifeveryonelinkedwiththecompaniesisusingthesamemethod.5.GPScanbeusedto

.A.makemaps B.trackC.surveytheland D.alloftheaboveCDⅡ.Readthefollowingstatementscarefullyandjudgeiftheyare“True”or“False”.1.Manycompanieshavebeguntoinvestintechnologiesthatenhancedecision-makingcapabilities.()2.Bar-codescanbereadbyopticalscannerscalledbar-codereadersbutcannotbescannedfromanimagebyspecialsoftware.()TF3.2Dbar-codesareusedinabroaderrange.()4.EDIisamuchslowerwaythanmailingandfaxingtodothesamething.()5.EverywhereontheearthhasanunobstructedviewoffourormoreGPSsatellites.()TFTⅢ.Writedownthewordsorexpressionsaccordingtotheexplanationgiven.1.

tousemoneytobuyshares,property, etc.2.

qualityofbeingabletodosth3.

havingthesamecentre4.

apieceofbusinesstransacted5.

needingimmediateattention,action