五、配送
1.Delivery refers to sending goods to the destination specified by buyers and collection of the transportation costs.
2.Joint Distribution refers to delivering goods for different shippers using the same vehicle by the most economic route.
3.Distribution center is a short-term storage center located close to a major market to facilitate the rapid processing of orders and shipment of goods to customers.
4.The regional distribution center provides customized solution for supply chain man agement,warehousing and sea,air freight transport in the international logistics market.
六、物流设施、物流工具、物流操作
1.Forklift truck is very convenient equipment for loading and unloading goods.
2.A twenty-foot unit is called a standard container.
3.Stereoscopic warehouse has three parts:warehouse,high story shelf and stacker.
4.Cargo inspection is not only to examine the goods quantity,but also quality.
5.Less-than Container is the mode which can be used to ship goods for more than one shippers and consignees.
6.Conveyors are used widely in the operations of warehouse and distribution center and form the basic handling device for a number of selection systems.
7.Standardized containers are storage and transportation equipments that may load the cargo of 16 to 26 tons or in 30 to 60 cubic meters.
七、逆向物流
1.Recycle logistics is the part of reverse logistics.
2.Reverse logistics is the process to handle returned goods,recycle useful materials and dispose waste goods.
3.Green logistics is very important to the environmental protection.
4.Recycle logistics is the process to sort,treat and collect the valuable parts from used products.
八、物流综合概念表达
1.Tally is to count and inspect goods in logistics.
2.CIF and FOB are two major terms in the international trade.
3.Virtual logistics is based on logistics network,but more computerized and systema tized than logistics operation.
4.MRP (Material Requirement Planning) is the management system to control the amount of material consumed and to reduce inventory in the manufacturing company.
5.ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is the management system to distribute all resources economically,while satisfying the demand of the market.
6.Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) refer to a computer-to-computer information sharing of business documents in a standard format.
7.Virtual warehousing is not real logistics network but an information network based on warehouse management.
8.Distribution center is a large and highly automated multi-store building destined to receive goods from various suppliers,take orders,fill them in container efficiently,deliver goods to the customer as quickly and satisfyingly as possible.
9.B2C is the Internet commerce designed for direct communications and commercial relationship between a firm and its end customer.B2B is to managed to the communication and relationship between business entities.
