物流英语 第二章.ppt

Translate Chinese into English: 1．运输企业提供两种主要服务：产品移动及产品储存。 2．交通运输在履行逆向物流中也发挥着关键作用。 3. 主要运输价值呈现为产品在供应链上下的移动。 4. 运输的好坏对于采购、生产和市场流通是非常重要的。 5. 在评价运输替代品时，这些衡量原则是重要的。 6. 运输耗费许多时间、金钱、和环境资源。 Answers of Chapter 2 Text A Fill in the blank with proper words and expressions 1. movement storage 2. the primary transportation value proposition 3. visible 4. economy of scale economy of distance 5. per unit of weight the size of a shipment 6. distance True or false 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T Translate Chinese into English: 1.Transportation enterprises provide two major services: product movement and product storage. 2.Transportation also plays a key role in the performance of reverse logistics. 3.The primary transportation value proposition is product movement up and down the supply chain. 4.The performance of transportation is vital to procurement, manufacturing, and market distribution. 5.These scaling principles are important when evaluating transportation alternatives. 6.Transportation consumes time, financial, and environmental resources. Text B. Modes of Transportation Five Modes of Transportation The five primary modes of transportation are rail, road, pipeline, water, and air. Each has different economic and service characteristics. The logistics manager must consider a number of trade-offs when selecting a mode of transportation: cost versus speed, packaging expense versus risk of damage, flexibility versus dependability. These are all very complex issues. For example, if hazardous material is to be moved by air, it may require more and different kinds of packaging than would be required by a motor carder. Furthermore, most movements involve the services of more than one mode of transport. Railroads offer the logistics manager cost-effective, energy-efficient transport of large quantities of goods over long distances. Though often associated with the movement of low-value/high-volume cargo like coal, railroads also move a large number of containers in