包邮实用职业英语系列丛书:物流英语

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　　今日物流已经逐渐成为世界经济大潮的潮头，“logistics”表达了一种合乎逻辑的物质运动方式，而按照事物本身的原则运行是*“经济的”回路。物流的繁荣兴盛反映了世界经济一体化的必然趋势，是对经济系统的自觉整合。物流业越来越广阔的发展前景和不断涌现的新生生机，尤其是在国民经济中的重要性日益增加，都极大激发了人们学习和研究物流的兴趣，具体的物流实务更是迫切需要大量合格物流管理人才应运而出。　　 本册主要面向具有英语四级和四级以上水平的大学毕业生，是作为一本了解物流基本知识的入门参考，属于初级读物，不限专业。这也与物流的开放性实质相一致，物流业具有跨科学特性，物流业的发展潜力也在于多学科的合作，在物流系统涉及的运输、存储、采购、库存、加工、包装、管理、信息交流等内容在内的整个供应链条上，可以说是环环紧扣，需要各方面专业人才的加入。在自己学习的专业基础上，初步掌握一定的物流基本知识，由此将自身专业所长应用于物流实践中，对于有志成为物流业的其他专业人员来说，是实现了专业与职业选择的双赢，也是实现了物流业的长足发展与从业人员职业绩效预期的双赢。　　 本册在选材上侧重物流基本知识的介绍，包括一般性的物流内涵，物流的新近发展，运输、搬运、仓储、库存、包装、单证等物流实务，以及以因特网为媒介的物流的特殊形式——电子商务。　　 本册是集体合作的结晶，本册主编为史砚湄，副主编为陈东勇。参加编写的还有廖明华、蒋圣斐、徐目坤等同志。此外，为了反映物流的飞速发展，本书充分借鉴了国内外的前沿理论和实践资料以及国际著名物流企业的操作实务，限于篇幅，不一一列出，这里对相关专家一并致以衷心感谢。

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