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Lesson 1　What Is Logistics 2

1.1 Basic Concepts 2

1.2 Five Major Areas 3

Lesson 2 Maritime Transportation 14

2.1 The International Transport System 14

2.2 The Nature of Transport Demand 16

2.3 Introduction of Bulk Cargo and General Cargo 17

Lesson 3 EC,EB and EDI 26

3.1 What is Electronic Commerce 26

3.2 What is E-business 27

3.3 Difference between E-commerce and E-business 27

3.4 What is EDI 28

Lesson 4 Truck Transportation 34

4.1 General Service Characteristics 34

4.2 Equipment 35

4.3 Types of Vehicles 36

Lesson 5 International Trade 44

5.1 Merchandise Exports and Imports 44

5.2 Service Exports and Imports 46

5.3 Licensing 47

5.4 Trading Companies 47

5.5 Joint Ventures 47

5.6 Investment 48

5.7 Visible and Invisible Trade 49

Lesson 6 Air Transportation 56

6.1 Elements of Air Transport 56

6.2 Characteristics of Air Transport 57

6.3 Air Cargo Containers 59

6.4 Documents of Carriage 60

Lesson 7 Rail Transportation 68

7.1 Commodities Hauled on the Rail 68

7.2 Feature of Rail Transport 68

7.3 Innovations in Rail Transport 70

Lesson 8 Warehousing Operations 78

8.1 What's Warehousing 78

8.2 Public,Private and Contract Warehousing 80

8.3 Operations 83

Lesson 9 The Role of Freight Forwarders 90

9.1 Introduction 90

9.2 What a Freight Forwarder Can Do for You 90

9.3 Freight Forwarders and Customs Agents and Brokers 91

9.4 Arrange Your Own Transport or Use a Freight Transporter 92

9.5 Finding and Choosing a Freight Forwarder 93

9.6 The Costs of Using a Freight Forwarder 94

9.7 Freight Trade Associations 95

Lesson 10 Third Party Logistics 100

10.1 Overview 100

10.2 Outsouring 101

10.3 Supply Chain Essentials and Nonessentials 102

10.4 Going beyond the 3PL Model 103

10.5 Advantages＆Disadvantages of 3PL 103

Lesson 11 E-logistics 110

11.1 Introduction 110

11.2 Forward E-logistics 111

11.3 Reverse E-logistics 113

Lesson 12 Operations in Container Terminals 120

12.1 Introduction 120

12.2 Containers,Storage Blocks,and Yard Cranes 120

12.3 Quay Cranes 122

12.4 The Yard Operations 123

12.5 Key Performance Measures of a Container Terminal 124

Lesson 13 Operations in Shipping Liners 128

13.1 Two Basic Shipping Services 128

13.2 General Procedures of Ocean Transport by Liners 128

13.3 Shipping and Forwarding Agents 130

13.4 Freight Rates 130

13.5 Bill of Lading 131

Lesson 14 Inventory Management 138

14.1 Why Keep Inventory 138

14.2 Controlling Inventory 140

14.3 Balancing Inventory and Costs 141

Lesson 15 Supply Chain Performance Assessment 148

15.1 Supply Chain's Performance Categories 148

15.2 Customer Service Metrics 149

15.3 Internal Efficiency Metrics 151

15.4 Demand Flexibility Metrics 152

15.5 Product Development Metrics 153

Lesson 16 What Is SC and SCM 158

16.1 What is SC 158

16.2 Some Related Concepts 159

16.3 What is SCM 161

Lesson 17 Supply Chain Development Strategy 168

17.1 Introduction 168

17.2 Developing a Supply Chain Strategy 169

17.3 Executing Supply Chain Strategy 171

17.4 Avoiding Potential Pitfalls 172

17.5 Conclusion 173

参考文献 176