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1、UnitFiveTeachingObjectives了解物流的起源和发展了解物流的组成因素了解围绕现代物流存在的问题以及物流对现在社会发展的意义TeachingEmphasesLogisticvs.logisticsForwardlogisticsvs.reverselogisticsThird-partylogisticsSupplychainmanagementCyberlogisticsContentTextFastReadingIFastReadingIITEXTGeneralIntroductiontoL
2、ogisticsPre-readingquestionsDoyouknowthehistoryoftheword“logistics”?Whataretheelementsoflogistics?UPPREV.NEXTInrecentdecades,"logistics"hasbecomeacommonbusinesstermwithmanyinterpretations.Originally,"logistics"isamilitarytermsinceWorldWarIIforthedistributionan
3、dtransportationofsoldiersandmaterials.Thetermisnowbeingusedtodescribebusinessoperations,suchasgoodstransportation,consolidation,warehousingandinventorycontroletc.Thedefinitionoflogisticscanbeapproachedfromseveraldifferentperspectives.Themostcommonapproach,prac
4、ticedinthecommercialfield,dealswiththebusiness-orientedfunctionsandassociateswithsupplychainmanagement.AccordingtoCSCMP,LogisticsManagementisthatpartofSupplyChainManagementthatplans,implements,andcontrolstheefficient,effectiveforwardandreverseflowandstorageofg
5、oods,servicesandrelatedinformationbetweenthepointoforiginandthepointofconsumptioninordertomeetcustomers'requirements.Logisticsactivitiestypicallyinclude:inboundandoutboundtransportationmanagementfleetmanagementwarehousingmaterialshandlingorderfulfillmentlogist
6、icsnetworkdesigninventorymanagementsupply/demandplanningmanagementofthirdpartylogisticsserviceprovidersInlogisticsactivities,themajordealersareconsigner,consigneeandfreightforwarder;transportationcompanies,likeaircarriers,seaservices,truckservicesandrailservic
7、es,arealsokeypartsinlogisticsindustry.Otherpartiesincludewarehouseservices,customsbrokerage,insurancecompanies,banksandetc.Intermsofservicesprovisions,logisticactivitiesincludetransportationanddistribution,datatransmission,value-addedpackaging,warehousingandin
8、ventoriescontrolandetc.Logisticsindustryisanindustryincorporatedbythousandsofenterprises,whicharehighlyinterdependent.Cooperationandcoordinationamongthoselogisticspartiesareverycom
