Unit One What Is Logistics？ 1
Text One ABCs of Logistics 2
Dialogue Very High Percentage 6
Text Two Career in Logistics 12
Dialogue My Lifetime Career 16
Reading Material China Logistics Industry Report,2006-2010 19
Unit Two Transportation 21
Text One Five Transport modes 22
Dialogue Transportation In Your City 27
Text Two The Practice of International Ocean Cargo Transportation 30
Dialogue Change of Destination 33
Reading Materials Traffic Condition in Guangzhou 38
Unit There Warehouse Management 40
Text One The classification of Warehouse 41
Dialogue I Need Spark Plugs 46
Text Two Warehouse equipment 51
Dialogue How Much Should I Order？ 55
Reading Materials Can You Profit From Improved Inventory Control？ 57
Unit Four Management in Material Purchasing 64
Text One The importance of purchasing 65
Dialogue Fewer Suppliers 69
Text Two Order Quantities and Timing 74
Dialogue JIT and Zero Inventory 77
Reading Materials Purchase Management in UPS 82
Unit Five Packaging and Information processing 84
Text One Packaging 85
Dialogue What Shall We Do？ 89
Text Two Logistics Information 92
Dialogue Bar Code 97
Reading Materials Not just for Wal-Mart anymore 100
Unit Six Cost,A Key Factor 103
Text One The 80-20 Curve 104
Dialogue Reducing Price to REMAIN Competitive 107
Text Two How can logistics costs be represented？ 110
Dialogue Freight 115
Reading Materials Evaluating the True Cost Of Overseas Manufacturing 120
Unit Seven Customer Service 122
Text One Industrial Products and Commercial Products 123
Dialogue At the Exhibition 128
Text Two Customer Says 130
Dialogue A Lower Price 133
Reading Materials Really Check 137
Unit Eight Supply Chain Management 140
Text One What is Supply Chain？ 141
Dialogue The First Day 145
Text Two SCM versus Logistics 149
Dialogue Payment Terms 154
Reading Materials Lean SCM 157
Unit Nine The Third Part Logistics 161
Text One The Third Part Logistics 162
Dialogue Cargo Insurance 165
Text Two It's a good time to be a 3PL 169
Dialogue Keen Competition 175
Reading Materials China Third Party Logistics Market Report,2006 179
Unit Ten Documents 182
Text One Business Correspondence 183
Dialogue Asking for a Discount 189
Text Two Issue of a Documentary Credit 192
Dialogue The Selling Season 200
Reading Materials International Commercial Terms(INCOTERMS) 206