Unit 1 1 Passage A Introduction to Logistics 1 Passage B Activities of Logistics Engineering 6 Unit 2 10 Passage A The Role of Material Flow Systems 10 Passage B System and Its Analysis 14 Unit 3 19 Passage A Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics (Ⅰ) 19 Passage B Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics (Ⅱ) 22 Unit 4 27 Passage A Transportation 27 Passage B Jeddah Bestrides East West Route 31 Unit 5 35 Passage A Container Transportation 35 Passage B Optimizing Container Transfers at Multimodal Terminals 39 Unit 6 44 Passage A Inventory Management 44 Passage B Approaches to Inventory Management 48 Unit 7 52 Passage A Warehouse Design 52 Passage B Warehousing Management 56 Unit 8 61 Passage A Distribution Management 61 Passage B Planning Physical Distribution 66 Unit 9 72 Passage A Materials Handling 72 Passage B Automated Guided Vehicle 76 Unit 10 81 Passage A Packing, Marking and Shipment 81 Passage B Contract and Confirmation 85 Unit 11 88 Passage A Distribution Processing 88 Passage B Logistics Management 91 Unit 12 96 Passage A Logistics Information System 96 Passage B Big Data in Logistics 99 Unit 13 104 Passage A Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems 104 Passage B Material Resource Planning 109 Unit 14 116 Passage A Electronic Commerce 116 Passage B B2B: The Real World 120 Unit 15 127 Passage A Supply Chain Management 127 Passage B The Evolution of Supply Chain Technologies 132 Unit 16 137 Passage A Top 10 Supply Chain Technology Trends (Ⅰ) 137 Passage B Top 10 Supply Chain Technology Trends (Ⅱ) 140 Unit 17 145 Passage A Third-party Logistics 145 Passage B International Logistics 149 Unit 18 156 Passage A Global Trade Drives 3PL Provider’s Expansion (Ⅰ) 156 Passage B Global Trade Drives 3PL Provider’s Expansion (Ⅱ) 160 Unit 19 164 Passage A What Is 4PL? (Ⅰ) 164 Passage B What Is 4PL? (Ⅱ) 167 Unit 20 172 Passage A Green Logistics 172 Passage B The Green Paradoxes of Logistics in Transport Systems 175 Unit 21 180 Passage A Reverse Logistics 180 Passage B Reverse Logistics in the Urban Environment 183 Unit 22 187 Passage A Cold Chain Logistics 187 Passage B HACCP Based Food Safety System 190 Unit 23 194 Passage A The Internet of Things 194 Passage B Applications of the Internet of Things 200 Unit 24 206 Passage A A Basic System of RFID 206 Passage B Benefits and Applications of RFID 209 Unit 25 213 Passage A Robotics in Logistics 213 Passage B Future Vision of Robotics in Logistics 218 Appendixes 222 附录A 汉英物流术语解释 222 附录B 英汉物流术语解释 225 附录C 汉英物流常用词汇 227 附录D 英汉物流常用词汇 231 附录E 物流常用缩略词和组合词 236 References 243