物流英语第8章答案

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1、Unit8.Text1IVocabularypractice1.e2.d3.g4.c5.h6.i7.b8.f9.aIIComprehensionQuestions1.Whatisthethirdpartylogistics?Berglundetal.(1999)defineTPLas:Activitiescarriedoutbyalogisticsserviceprovideronbehalfofashipperandconsistingofatleastmanagementandexecutionoftransportationandwarehousing(

2、ifwarehousingispartoftheprocess).2.Whataboutthemarketingreasonsforwhyweshouldfocusonresearchintothird-partylogisticsservicesandtheirrelationtosupplychainmanagement?First,theoutsourcingoflogisticsservicesisexpectedtoincrease.Second,thethirdpartylogistics(TPL)industryisayoungandemergi

3、ngindustry,whichpromisesapositivefutureforthelogisticsindustry.Third,thescopeofservicesthatthird-partylogisticsprovidersareofferingisexpanding,andTPLprovidersareaggressivelyimprovingtheiroperations・Finally,customerinterestinoutsourcingawideramountoflogisticsserviceshasincreased・3.De

4、scribethereasonsofthegrowthofthirdpartylogisticsinyourownwords.Thereareseveralreasonsforthegrowthofthird-partylogisticsoverthepastdecade.Thetransportationanddistributiondepartmentsofsomeofthemajorcorporationshavebeendownsizinginordertoreduceoperatingcosts.Themostlogicalareatoreducec

5、ostsisadvisoryfunctions,suchasoperationsresearch,followedbysupportfunctionssuchastransportationorwarehousing・Theotherreasonisfromthecustomerside・Customersdemandallexceptionalservicebutarenotwillingtopayextraordinarypriceforit.Otherreasonsareasfollows：1)Thecompany'scorebusinessandcom

6、petencymaynotbeinlogistics.2)Sufficientresources,bothcapitalandmanpower,maynotbeavailableforthecompanytobecomeaworld-classlogisticsoperator.3)Thereisanurgencytoimplementa“world-class”logisticsoperationorthereisinsufficienttimetodeveloptherequiredcapabilitiesin-house.4)Thecompanyisve

7、nturingintoanewbusinesswithtotallydifferentlogisticsrequirements.1)Mergeroracquisitionmaymakeoutsourcinglogisticsoperationsmoreattractivethantointegratelogisticsoperations・ITranslatetheFollowingSentencesintoChinese1・Activitiescarriedoutbyalogisticsserviceprovideronbehalfofashipperan

8、dconsistingofatleas