Chapter 02 Supply Chain Management

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Unit Two Supply Chain Management

The Concept of Supply Chain ManagementWhat Is Supply Chain Management? 难句解析1: 难句解析 ： If we acknowledge that supply chain management is something we do to influence the behavior of the supply chain and get the results we want then we can make this definition: Supply chain management is the coordination of production, inventory, location, and transportation among the participants in a supply chain to achieve the efficiency for the market being served.Company Logo

The Concept of Supply Chain ManagementWhat Is Supply Chain Management? 难句解析3: 难句解析 ： The goal of supply chain management is to increase sales of goods and services to the final, end use customer while at the same time reducing both inventory and operating expense.

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The Concept of Supply Chain ManagementBenefits of Effective Supply Chain Management Improved customer service: having the right products, available for delivery when requested, at a good price. Reduction of costs across the supply chain and more efficient management of working capital. More efficient management of raw materials, work-inprocess, and finished goods inventory.

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The Concept of Supply Chain ManagementBenefits of Effective Supply Chain Management Increased efficiency in the transactions between supply chain partners. Better manufacturing resource management. Optimized manufacturing schedules. Optimal distribution of existing inventory across the supply chain. Enhanced customer value, often in the form of lower prices.Company Logo

The Nature and Importance of LogisticsTips:十二生肖习语 十二生肖习语——鼠和牛 十二生肖习语 鼠和牛Small a rat 觉得有问题” 觉得有问题”,“事情不妙” 事情不妙”

有时候，smell a rat仅仅表达一种不确定的感觉，有时候可 仅仅表达一种不确定的感觉， 有时候， 仅仅表达一种不确定的感觉 能会有证据支持我们的猜测， 能会有证据支持我们的猜测，

Every time this guy visits me, one of my books disappears. I don’t want to say he steals them, but I really smell a rat.Something here is fishy

The Nature and Importance of LogisticsTips:十二生肖习语 十二生肖习语——鼠和牛 十二生肖习语 鼠和牛

Bull market John Bull

牛市( 牛市(Bear market) ) 英国人的自称“约翰牛” 英国人的自称“约翰牛” 鲁莽之人、毛手毛脚的人、 鲁莽之人、毛手毛脚的人、 成事不足败事有余的人

a bull in a china shop

I broke their coffee pot-I'm really a bull in a china shop.

ExercisesComplete the following sentences with the words and phrases from the text in their proper forms.

Acknowledge, as well

as, customer service, convent; Depend on, encompass, focus on; Inventory management, involve, incorporate, intangible; In bulk, retailer, transform into, substantial.

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ExercisesComplete the following sentences with the words and phrases from the text in their proper forms.involve 1. How should we ___________ ourselves in school life? 2. The problem is how we are to get the raw materials and transformed into _____________ them ________ finished goods. Retailers 3. _____________are companies that stock inventory and sell in small quantities to the general public. In bulk 4. In most markets you can buy fresh fruit ____________. 5. Effective Inventory management _____________________enables an organization to meet or exceed customers’ expectation of product availability while maximizing net profits or minimizing costCompany Logo

ExercisesDepend 6. Businesses _______________ their supply chains to provide them with what they need to survive. encompass 7. Supply Chain ______________ the companies and the business activities needed to design, make, deliver, and use a product or service. customer service 8.Haier is aiming at providing the best _________________ to its consumers all over the world and satisfy its customers’ need. 9. The tournament is open to amateurs _____________ as well as professionals. focus on 10. You should _______ your attention _______your work. 11. I care more about the spiritual life than the substantial _________life. Company Logo

Exercisesconvert 12. The solar cell can __________ the energy of sunlight into electric energy. 13. Many of your suggestions have been ___________ in the incorporated new plan. acknowledge 14. She is _______________ as the best tennis-player in the world. intangible 15.Business reputation is an ____________ asset, and so be not show as an asset in a company’s account, unless it figured as part of the purchase price paid when acquiring another company

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