物流专业英语阅读理解.doc

(一)
Aftercompletingacommercialtransaction,logisticswillexecutethetransferofgoodsfromthesupplier(seller)tothecustomer(buyer)inthemostcost-effectivemanner.Thisisthedefinitionoflogistics.Duringthetransferprocess,hardwaresuchaslogisticsfacilitiedandequipment(logisticscarriers)areneeded,aswellasinformationcontrolandstandardization.Inaddition,supportsfromthegovernmentandlogisticsassociationshouldbeinplace.
Threemajorfunctionsoflogistics
Creatingtimevalue:samegoodscanbevalueddifferentlyatdifferenttimes.Goodsoftenstopduringthetransferprocess,whichisprofessionallycalledthestorageoflogistics.Itcreatesthetimevalueforgoods.
Creatinglocationvalue:samegoodscanbevalueddifferentlyatdifferentlocations.Thevalueaddedduringthetransferprocessisthelocationvalueoflogistics.
DistributionprocessingValue:sometimelogisticscreatedistributionprocessingvalue,whichchangesthelength,thicknessandpackagesofthegoods.Likepopularsaying,“cuttingintosmallerparts“isthemostcommonlyseendistributionprocessingform.Mostprocessingwithinlogisticscreateaddedvalueforgoods.
Whatisthemeaning“cost-effective”?()
Costreduced
Economically
Costevaluate
Toaddcost
2.()createstimevalue
A.Transportation
B.Goodflow
C.Differentlocation
D.Storage
3.Whatisthesamemeaningoflocationvalue?()
A.Differentvalue
B.Differentvalueofsamegoodsatthedifferentplaces
C.Differentgood
D.Differentvalueofdifferentgoodsatthesameplace
4.Whatisthedistributionprocessingvalue?()
A.Distribution
B.Processing
C.Salesandprocessing
D.Changingthelength,thicknessandthepackageofthegoods
5.Thedistributionprocessvalueisavailableinalllogisticsactivities.Isitcorrectornot?()
Both
Yes
Not
Notclear

(二)
Anincreasingnumberofcompaniesareinvolvingininternationalmarketsthroughexporting,licensing,jointventures,andownership.Thistrendshouldcontinue.Withsuchexpansionthereisaneedtodevelopworldwidelogisticsnetworks.Integratedlogisticsmanagementandcostanalysiswillbemorecomplexanddifficulttomanage.
Therearesomefuturetrendsininternationalization:
1.Morelogisticsexecutiveswithintern