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1、外文翻译原文StrategicAlliancesinLogisticsOutsourcingMaterialSource:AsiaPacificJournalofMarketingandLogisticsAuthor:ByYim-YuWong,ThomasE.Maher,JoelD.Nicholson,NicholasP.GurneyIntroductionThroughouthistory,militaryleadershaveconstantlybeenremindedofthenecessityofa
2、dequatesupplylinessothattheirtroopsmightachievevictoryonthebattlefield.Thathasbeenparticularlytrueinoffensiveandgeographicallyexpansivewarfarewhentheaggressor’searlysuccesseshaveoftengivenwaytohumiliatingdefeat.Theiroverextendedforces,thoughusuallymoreexpe
3、riencedandgreaterinnumber,couldoftennotholdthedayagainstasmaller,lesscapable,butfullysuppliedenemyoperatingonitsownturf.Thus,theabilityofageneraltodelivertheessentialsofwartohisforcesinthefieldintermsoffood,clothingandequipmentcametobeacriticalanddefinitiv
4、econsiderationinassessingthelikelihoodofsuccessifamilitarycampaignweretobeundertaken.Valorandskillwereoflittlevaluewithoutthesuppliestobackthemup,andthegreaterthedistancebetweenthoseengagedinbattleandthesourceoftheirsupplies,thelesscertainthevictory.Alexan
5、dertheGreatlearnedthisthehardwayinthefourthcentury,BCE,when,aftersuccessfullyconqueringPersia,EgyptandtherestofAsiaMinor,hewasforcedtoabandonhiscampaigninIndiawhenhistroopsmutiniedforlackofadequatesupplies.Inthethirdcentury,BCE,Hanniballearnedthesamelesson
6、whenheinvadedItalytoengagethemilitaryforcesoftheRomanEmpireandexpandCarthaginianhegemony.AlthoughhehadsuccessfullyconqueredSpainandcrossedtheAlpsintheprocess,asmallerbutbettersuppliedenemyultimatelydefeatedhim.Inmoremoderntimes,onerecallsthedisastrousventu
7、resintoRussiaofbothNapoleonandHitlerwhowereunabletoadequatelysupplytheirinvadingforces.IncontradistinctionisthesuccessoftheAlliedForcesintheNormandyinvasionofWorldWarIIandtheirsubsequentcampaignsthroughoutEurope,attributableinlargeparttotheirabilitytosuppl
8、ytheirforcesabundantly.NotsofortunatewasGermanFieldMarshallRomel,oneofthewar’sgreatestgenerals,wholosthisNorthAfricancampaign,inlargepart,becauseofinadequatelogisticalsupport.……Inotherwords,logisticsmanagemen
