物流专业英语第2版 周晓晔 徐剑Chapter 7.ppt

Unit1 Distribution 1 Significance and effect of distribution 2 Factors of distribution 3 Operation targets of distribution 4 General operation of distribution 1 Significance and effect of distribution The common distribution has handling, packaging, safekeeping, and transportation, and it can reach the goal of taking the goods to the destination by all these logistics activities; the special distribution needs logistics processing activities. 2 Factors of distribution 2.1 Collecting goods 2.2 Sorting 2.3 Dispatching 2.4 Distribution transportation 2.5 Delivery service 2.6 Distribution processing 2.1 Collecting goods Collecting goods means gathering dispersed or small quantities of items for transportation and distribution. Collecting goods is the preparation table or foundation work of distribution. 2.2 Sorting Sorting is stacking the items according to species, orders of input-output warehouse. 1t is the functional factor that makes distribution different from any other type of logistics; in addition, it is an important work that determines whether the distribution is successful. 2.3 Dispatching Dispatching is sorting the items and making them fully equipped according to the customers’ requirements, and delivering them to the specified locations, by using all kinds of identifying equipments and transmission devices. 2.4 Distribution transportation distribution transportation is a shorter, smaller, more expensive way of transportation. the route choosing problem of distribution transportation doesn’t occur to general link transportation 2.5 Delivery service It is not the end of distribution when you have delivered the dispatched items to customers. Because the items you delivered may not match the ones customers ordered, making the delivery coming to naught. 2.6 Distribution processing Distribution processing is the circulation processing that meets the needs of customers. Distribution processing generally depends on customers’ demands, a