物流专业英语

,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,*,物流专业英语,重庆大学出版社,Unit Three Supply Chain Management,3.1The Study of Supply Chain Management,Various researchers discover that many of the exiting empirical studies focus on individual aspects of the SCM only rather than provide a total framework for SCM strategy crafting.In a case study of a supply chain for TOKAI-RIK,A company which is a foreign company,this dissertation aims at shifting the study of SCM strategy beyond its individual-aspect-focus towards a total-picture framework.The study examines all the important determinant elements on a SCM strategy.These elements involve competitive environment,the business process,the culture ability,leadership style and the technology infrastructure.To create and implement a SCM strategy successfully,there should be a strategic alignment among all the above elements.,The conclusions on the current diagnosis can be drawn as the follows.(1)The supply chain design should be in aligned with the buying behaviors and needs of the customer.The company needs to both guarantee the elaborateness and agility in its supply chain,as well as strengthen the collaboration with its supply chain partners.(2)The diagnosis on the current status indicates that there is a strong misalignment in the culture ability,leadership style,business process and the technology infrastructure in comparison to the selected supply chain,which results in poor effectiveness(low customer satisfaction and slow marker response).The efficiency of the supply chain is affected inherently.,Based on the diagnosis,the following recommendations are made:(1)Define a supply chain vision based on good awareness of competitive situation and core competence of the company;(2)Optimize business process to increase the agility of the supply chain;(3)Reshape the culture from“hierarchical”to“group”and change the leadership style from“traditionalist”to“coach”.(4)Strengthen IOR management and build supply chain partnerships(5)Enable the technology infrastructure by introducing appropriated plug-in sets to the exiting ERP systems and EDI through Internet.(6)Continuously review and improve the SCM strategy and its implementation.,Notes:,Various researchers discover that many of the exiting empirical studies focus on individual aspects of the SCM only rather than provide a total framework for SCM strategy crafting.,本句中,empirical studies,的意思是理论研究，,focus on,关注，,individual aspects,单个，个别方面，,rather than,而不是，,total framework,整体框架，,strategy crafting,战略架构。,This dissertation aims at shifting the study of SCM strategy beyond its individual-aspect-focus towards a total-picture framework.,这篇论文的目标是将从供应链管理的本质特征转聚于整体的框架研究。,These elements involve competitive environment,the business process,the culture ability,leadership style and the technology infrastructure.,这些因素包括竞争性环境、业务流程、企业文化、领导风格和技术系统。,The supply chain design should be in aligned with the buying behaviors and needs of the customer.,供应链的设计应该是以顾客的需求和购买行为为起点,The diagnosis on the current status indicates that there is a strong misalignment in the culture ability,leadership style,business process and the technology infrastructure in comparison to the selected supply chain,目前状况的调查分析表明在选择的供应链运营中企业文化、领导风格、业务流程、技术系统之间有许多相互阻碍,3.2The Case Study of Supply Chain-Cash Is King(1),There are all kinds of ways to measure the performance of a supply chain,but only one really gets to the heart of the matter.And thats cash.,Lexmark International,Inc.has embraced that philosophy in a big way.The$5bn maker of laser and inkjet printers chose cash-to-cash cycle time as one of its primary metrics,when it launched a sweeping program to boost customer service,reduce inventories and drive supply-chain efficiency.,To calculate the actual amount,add inventory days of supply and days sales outstanding,and then subtract days payable outstanding.By reducing cycle time,a company firms up its balance sheet,improves cash flow and cuts working capital requirements.,It went public in 1995 and has since carved out a substantial market share in printers both for business and retail consumers.,Supply chain analytics have a way of turning into abstruse mathematical formulas and numbing statistics.But nothing is simpler than the cash-to-cash measurement.Together,the three components that make up the cash cycleinventory,receivables and payablescan present an accurate picture of supply chain performance.,In 2001,around the time of its 10th birthday as a stand-alone company,Lexmark set out to correct some of these flaws.Its strategy would focus on three key elements:customers,cash and total supply chain costs.,In the“deep-dive”phase of its initial assessment,Lexmarks purchasing organization scrutinized payables,finance looked at receivables,and existing information about inventories was added to the mix.,The benchmarking effort was undertaken with the help of Miami,Fla.-based Adjoined Consulting Inc.,a specialist in inventory management.The effort was collaborative from the start.All