外貿(mào)物流是現(xiàn)在物流英語中一個十分重要的環(huán)節(jié)，而外貿(mào)業(yè)務也隨著外貿(mào)物流的迅速發(fā)展而受到人們的關(guān)注。

　　1.Logistics is unique, and it never stops!
　　物流是獨特的，它從不停止。

　　2.Logistics performance is happening around the globe, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and fifty-two weeks a year.
　　物流運作一天24小時、一周7天、一年52星期在全球發(fā)生。

　　3.ABC classification is quite useful in inventory control.
　　ABC分類管理在庫存控制方面十分有用。

　　4.Logistics must be managed as a core competency.
　　物流必須作為一個核心能力來管理。

　　5.Logistics competency directly depends on a firm’s strategic positioning.
　　物流能力是有一家公司的戰(zhàn)略定位直接決定的。

　　6.The goal of just-in-time purchasing is zero inventory.
　　準時制采購的目標是零庫存。

　　7.Logistics is a unique global “pipeline”.
　　物流是獨特的全球通道。

　　8.Logistics is related to the effective and efficient flow of materials and information.
　　物流所涉及的是物料和信息有效、快速的流動。

　　9.Logistics is now the last frontier for increasing benefits in industrial production..
　　物流是當今工業(yè)生產(chǎn)增加利潤的最后領(lǐng)域。

　　10.Information is crucial to the performance of a supply chain.
　　信息對供應鏈的運作是至關(guān)重要的。

　　11.The idea of supply chain management was first put forward in the 1980s.
　　供應鏈管理的理念最初在20世紀80年代提出。

　　12.Logistics is concerned with getting products and services where they are needed and when they are desired.
　　物流所涉及的是在需要的時候和在需要的地方去的產(chǎn)品和服務的活動。

　　13.Logistics is the process of planning, implementing and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements.
　　物流是計劃實施和控制商品的快速、高效流動和儲存，以及從源頭到消費的服務和信息的全過程，以滿足客戶的需求。

　　14.The overall goal of logistics is to achieve a targeted level of customer service at the lowest possible total cost.
　　物流的總目標是以最低的總成本實現(xiàn)客戶服務的目標水平。

　　15.It is important that persons involved in day-to-day logistics work have a basic understanding of logistics.
　　重要的是，從事日常物流工作的人員應對物流有個基本的了解。

　　16.Transportation is a vital component in the design and management of logistics systems.
　　運輸是物流系統(tǒng)設(shè)計和管理中至關(guān)重要的組成部分。

　　17.If you keep an overstock of the inventory, expenses will incur not only in warehousing, but also in many other aspects, such as the capital cost and interest accruing to it, taxes, insurance and obsolescence cost.
　　如果過量庫存，不僅會造成倉庫費用而且在很多方面會產(chǎn)生費用，如資產(chǎn)成本和它所產(chǎn)生的利息，以及稅收、保險和商品變成陳舊物的成本。

　　18.Packing can be divided into industrial packaging and consumer packaging.
　　包裝可以分成工業(yè)包裝和消費包裝兩種。

　　19.Packaging about protect the goods against damages during handling, storing and transportation.
　　包裝應能保護貨物在搬運、儲存和運輸過程中免受損壞。

　　20.Due to improper packing, the goods are terribly damaged.
　　由于包裝不善，貨物嚴重受損。

　　21.Things like plastic, steel and glass can be recycled to reduce production cost so that natural resources are saved.
　　塑料、鋼鐵和玻璃這樣的物品能回收利用以降低生產(chǎn)成本、節(jié)約自然資源。

　　22.Both buyers and suppliers can benefit a lot from the reduction in the number of suppliers.
　　買賣雙方都能從減少供應商的數(shù)量上獲取許多利益。

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