妙语连珠之物流英语

　外贸物流是现在物流英语中一个十分重要的环节，而外贸业务也随着外贸物流的迅速发展而受到人们的关注。

　　1.Logistics is unique, and it never stops!
　　物流是独特的，它从不停止。

　　2.Logistics performance is happening around the globe, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and fifty-two weeks a year.
　　物流运作一天24小时、一周7天、一年52星期在全球发生。

　　3.ABC classification is quite useful in inventory control.
　　ABC分类管理在库存控制方面十分有用。

　　4.Logistics must be managed as a core competency.
　　物流必须作为一个核心能力来管理。

　　5.Logistics competency directly depends on a firm’s strategic positioning.
　　物流能力是有一家公司的战略定位直接决定的。

　　6.The goal of just-in-time purchasing is zero inventory.
　　准时制采购的目标是零库存。

　　7.Logistics is a unique global “pipeline”.
　　物流是独特的全球通道。

　　8.Logistics is related to the effective and efficient flow of materials and information.
　　物流所涉及的是物料和信息有效、快速的流动。

　　9.Logistics is now the last frontier for increasing benefits in industrial production..
　　物流是当今工业生产增加利润的最后领域。

　　10.Information is crucial to the performance of a supply chain.
　　信息对供应链的运作是至关重要的。

　　11.The idea of supply chain management was first put forward in the 1980s.
　　供应链管理的理念最初在20世纪80年代提出。

　　12.Logistics is concerned with getting products and services where they are needed and when they are desired.
　　物流所涉及的是在需要的时候和在需要的地方去的产品和服务的活动。

　　13.Logistics is the process of planning, implementing and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements.
　　物流是计划实施和控制商品的快速、高效流动和储存，以及从源头到消费的服务和信息的全过程，以满足客户的需求。

　　14.The overall goal of logistics is to achieve a targeted level of customer service at the lowest possible total cost.
　　物流的总目标是以最低的总成本实现客户服务的目标水平。

　　15.It is important that persons involved in day-to-day logistics work have a basic understanding of logistics.
　　重要的是，从事日常物流工作的人员应对物流有个基本的了解。

　　16.Transportation is a vital component in the design and management of logistics systems.
　　运输是物流系统设计和管理中至关重要的组成部分。

　　17.If you keep an overstock of the inventory, expenses will incur not only in warehousing, but also in many other aspects, such as the capital cost and interest accruing to it, taxes, insurance and obsolescence cost.
　　如果过量库存，不仅会造成仓库费用而且在很多方面会产生费用，如资产成本和它所产生的利息，以及税收、保险和商品变成陈旧物的成本。

　　18.Packing can be divided into industrial packaging and consumer packaging.
　　包装可以分成工业包装和消费包装两种。

　　19.Packaging about protect the goods against damages during handling, storing and transportation.
　　包装应能保护货物在搬运、储存和运输过程中免受损坏。

　　20.Due to improper packing, the goods are terribly damaged.
　　由于包装不善，货物严重受损。

　　21.Things like plastic, steel and glass can be recycled to reduce production cost so that natural resources are saved.
　　塑料、钢铁和玻璃这样的物品能回收利用以降低生产成本、节约自然资源。

　　22.Both buyers and suppliers can benefit a lot from the reduction in the number of suppliers.
　　买卖双方都能从减少供应商的数量上获取许多利益。

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