物流专业外文翻译 用港口物流及供应链管理方法来评价港口绩效.doc

本科毕业论文外文翻译 外文题目： A logistics and supply chain management approach to port performance measurement 出 处： MARIT. POL. MGMT 作 者：Khalid Bichou and Richard Gray 原 文： A logistics and supply chain management approach to port performance measurement By Khalid Bichou and Richard Gray MARIT. POL. MGMT 2004 VOL. 31, NO. 1, 47–67 ABSTRACT Although there is widespread recognition of the potential of ports as logistics centres, widely accepted performance measurements for such centres have yet to be developed. The essence of logistics and supply chain management is an integrative approach to the interaction of different processes and functions within a firm extended to a network of organizations for the purpose of cost reduction and customer satisfaction. The logistics approach often adopts a cost trade-off analysis between functions, processes and even supply chains. This approach could be beneficial to port efficiency by directing port strategy towards relevant value-added logistics activities. This paper seeks to show that through conceptualizing ports from a logistics and supply chain management approach, it is possible to suggest a relevant framework of port performance. A proposed framework is tested in a survey of port managers and other international experts. Introduction Measures of port efficiency or performance indicators use a diverse range of techniques for assessment and analysis, but although many analytical tools and instruments exist, a problem arises when one tries to apply them to a range of ports and terminals. Ports are very dissimilar and even within a single port the current or potential activities can be broad in scope and nature, so that the choice of an appropriate tool of analysis is difficult. Organizational dissimilarity constitutes a serious limitation to enquiry, not only concerning what to measure but also how to measure. Furthermore, the concept of e