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1、外文翻译原文ChapterOneOverviewofModernLogisticsMaterialSource:StrategicLogisticsManagement,McGraw-HillInc,2001Author:JamesR.Stock&DouglasM.Lambert1.BriefIntroductionofLogisticsToday,internationallogisticshasdevelopedveryquicklyalongwiththedevelopmentoftransnational
2、companiesandinternationaltrade.Logisticsindustryhasbeenregardedasthearteryandbasicindustrytoacountry'seconomicgrowth.Logisticsandsupplychainmanagementhavedrawnattentiontobusinessesaroundtheworld.Tohaveagoodunderstandingoflogisticsandthoroughstudy,weneedfirstl
3、yhaveagoodcommandoflogisticsterms.2.ModernLogistics2001defineslogisticsas:physicalflowprocessofmaterialsfrompointoforigintopointofconsumption,andtheintegrationoftransportation,transition,packaging,assembling,productdistributionandinformationprocessing.Thisdef
4、initionincorporatesChinesephysicsideaandintegration.ItisrelativelyauthoritativeinChineseacademicfield,internationallogisticsresearchofeconomic.2.1InterpretationofKeyTermsConcerningLogistics:a),Logisticsnotonlyincludesactivitiesofproduction,salesprediction,and
5、in-processinventorymanagement,customerorderingetc,butalsoextendstocustomer-orientatedmarketingstrategies.b),Materialsinlogisticsareusedtorefertoproducts,packingcontainerspackingmaterialsandsalvageandscrapdisposal.Thisindicatesthatlogisticsisthewholecyclingpro
6、cessfrommaterialspurchasetowasterecovery.c),Customersreferredinlogisticsareextendedtoincluedconsumers,manufacturerswholesalers,retailersetc.d),Logisticsismorethancommodity/materialdistribution.Itintegratesbusinessmanagementandinformationflow.2.2TheAimofLogist
7、icsIsToProvide"Door-to-Door"ServicesForCustomers"Accuracy,timeliness,convenience,responsiveness"isitsfundamentals.Therefore,themostimportanttasksoflogisticsare"SevenRights",namely"therightproducts.Intherightquantity,intherightcondition,attherightplace,attheri
8、ghttime,attherightcost,isavailabletotherightcustomers."3.InternationalLogisticsInternationallogisticsistoarrangegoodsflowingrationallyintheinternationalmarket,oramongdifferentcountries.It
