Unit7ElectronicCommerceLogistics

1、7/26/20221 Warm-up Background Information Word Study &Text Analysis Exercises7/26/20222Warm-upDiscuss the following questions with your classmates: What kind of service do the companies provide? What role do these companies play in e-commerce? Try to give an example of the service these companies pr

2、ovide. 7/26/20223Background Information 在電子商務(wù)中，一些電子出版物可以通過(guò)網(wǎng)絡(luò)傳送給購(gòu)買(mǎi)者，但絕大多數(shù)商品仍要通過(guò)運(yùn)輸完成從供應(yīng)商到購(gòu)買(mǎi)者的物流過(guò)程。只有商品及時(shí)地配送到用戶手中，才標(biāo)志著電子商務(wù)過(guò)程的順利結(jié)束，否則電子商務(wù)只能是無(wú)米之炊。 7/26/20224Text AnalysisChallenges Logistics Faces in the E-commerce Age Almost within one night, e-commerce rises up. However, logistics could not change acco

3、rdingly at the same speed. As a result, logistics in e-commerce is faced up with challenges that have not been witnessed before. 1 7/26/20225Text Analysis In B2C e-commerce, the easy and fast online ordering increases consumers expectation of quick and reliable delivery. The vendors could only win t

4、he market competitive advantages through the reliable and high-effective management of the logistics system. (譯文) 7/26/20226Text Analysis In B2B e-commerce, the focus of vendors competition has been turned from the products to the services, actually the competition of supply chain. 2 The vendors mus

5、t use the web-based tools to transfer the information between the partners, establish the integrated logistics management system, increase the entire supply chain visibility, and coordinate the plan and decision support of all participants in the supply chain. 7/26/20227Text Analysis In general, e-c

6、ommerce creates new business models and sets high demands on the logistics service, which expresses as follows: 3 7/26/20228Text Analysis (1)Responsiveness: The request of customers to distribution is often the JIT 4. The delivery in the next day or even the same day has been a trend. It requires be

7、tter responsiveness of logistics system.7/26/20229Text Analysis (2)Flexibility: The traditional logistics may fix the optimized facilities and personnel in accordance with the products quantity, peak time and turnover ratio. But e-commerce business is very difficult to predict. This requires the qui

8、ck and effective suitableness of the logistics departments. (譯文)7/26/202210Text Analysis (3)Visibility: To meet the responsiveness and flexibility requirements of e-commerce to the logistics, the visibility of the whole supply chain must be increased so that the warehousing and transportation inform

9、ation of the goods could be known in order to guarantee the coordinated operation of the integrated logistics system. (譯文) 7/26/202211Text Analysis (4)Optimization: To meet the requirement of the customers, enterprises have to set up logistics networks consisting of a lot of small distribution cente

10、rs in the sales area, which have resulted in the fragmented inventory, higher inventory level, more warehousing facilities and frequent distribution. (譯文) As a result, the cost is highly increased and the enterprise economic benefit and market competition are affected. Therefore, the supply chain mu

11、st be optimized to reduce the logistics cost as possible as it can. 7/26/202212Text Analysis So, what kind of practices should be implemented to help logistics companies maintain a well-organized and flexible supply chain that minimizes cost and maximizes profit? Now the logistics companies are faci

12、ng great challenges in the e-commerce age, and they have to find ways to solve the problems as e-commerce is boosting sharply. 5 7/26/202213The Key to Exercises: Reading comprehension 1(1) F (2) T (3) F (4) F7/26/202214The Key to Exercises: Reading comprehension 2(1) Because e-commerce develops very

13、 fast, but logistics could not change accordingly at the same speed.(2) In B2C e-commerce, the vendors should win the market competitive advantages through the reliable and high-effective management to the logistics system.7/26/202215The Key to Exercises: Reading comprehension 2(3) In B2B e-commerce

14、, the vendors should use the web-based tools to transfer the information between the partners, establish the integrated supply chain logistics management system, increase the entire supply chain visibility and coordinate the plan and decision support of all participates in the supply chain.(4) E-com

15、merce sets high demands on the logistics service: responsiveness, flexibility, visibility and optimization.7/26/202216The Key to Exercises: Reading comprehension 2(5) To meet the responsiveness and flexibility requirements of e-commerce to the logistics, the visibility of the whole supply chain must

16、 be increased so that the warehousing and transportation information of the goods could be known in order to guarantee the coordinated operation of the integrated logistics system.7/26/202217The Key to Exercises: Vocabulary A5 B7 C3 D4 E1 F6 G27/26/202218The Key to Exercises: Translation 1(1) 這就要求物流

17、部門(mén)進(jìn)行快速而有效的適應(yīng)。(2) 必須提高整個(gè)供應(yīng)鏈的可視性，從而掌握貨物倉(cāng)儲(chǔ)和運(yùn)輸?shù)男畔?，以保證一體化物流系統(tǒng)的協(xié)調(diào)運(yùn)行。(3) 為了滿足顧客的需求，企業(yè)必須在銷售區(qū)域內(nèi)建立起包括許多小型配送中心的物流網(wǎng)絡(luò)，這就導(dǎo)致了庫(kù)存零散、存貨水平升高、需要更多的倉(cāng)儲(chǔ)設(shè)施和頻繁的配送。7/26/202219The Key to Exercises: Translation 2(1) the easy and fast online ordering(2) quick and reliable delivery(3) control the inventory and transportation cos

18、t(4) win the market competitive advantages(5) the competition of supply chain(6) the request of customers to distribution(7) meet the responsiveness and flexibility requirements(8) economic benefit(9) market competition(10) reduce the logistics cost as possible as it can7/26/202220The Key to Exercis

19、es: Reading Material1.D 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.C 7/26/202221Word Studyvisibilityn.可見(jiàn)性，可視性 Visibility is good (bad, zero, one kilometer). 能見(jiàn)度良好 (不好,零,一公里)。 a windshield with good visibility 能見(jiàn)度好的擋風(fēng)玻璃 7/26/202222 The vendors could only win the market competitive advantages through the reliable and high-effective management of the logistics system. 供貨商只能通過(guò)對(duì)物流系統(tǒng)進(jìn)行可靠而高效的管理來(lái)贏得市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)優(yōu)勢(shì)。 7/26/202223 This requires the quick and effective suitableness of the logistics departments. 這就要求物流部門(mén)進(jìn)行快速而有效的適應(yīng)。 7/26/202