Unit 7（课件）-《物流专业英语》同步教学（大连理工大学出版社）

Purchasing 　Part I　An Introduction to Purchasing 　Part II Sample Communications 　Part III Practical Readings Part I　An Introduction to Purchasing 　　Purchasing is the act of buying the goods and services that a company needs to operate and/or manufacture products. Purchasing focused on getting the right product or service to the right place at the right time in the right quantity, in the right condition or quality, and from the right supplier at the right price. The role of purchasing in the Supply Chain is an integration of business processes from end user through original suppliers that provide products, services, and information that add value to customers. 　　采购是一种购买公司运营和/或制造产品所需的商品和服务的行为。采购的重点是以正确的数量和质量、在合适的时间、地点和条件的情况下，以合适的价格从合适的供应商获取正确的产品或服务。在供应链中采购的作用是整合来自最终用户的业务流程，通过原供应商提供的产品，服务和信息来附加价值给顾客。 Part I　An Introduction to Purchasing 　　Purchasing comprises all activities that are concerned with determining the need for a material as well as its ordering, receipt, storage, and delivery or supply to the various sections of an organization.  It is primarily about the planning, acquisition, utilization and control of physical resources including raw materials, equipment, goods, machines, vehicles, services, buildings and everything the firm uses excluding labour.  Labour is excluded because it is the concern of the personnel function. 　　采购包括所有有关确定所需物料的订购，接收，存储，交付或供应给组织的各个部门的活动。它主要是关于规划，收购，使用和控制实体资源，包括所有公司所使用的除劳资以外的原材料，设备，货物，机器，车辆，服务，建筑物等。劳资被排除在外，因为它是人事职能所关注的。 Part I　An Introduction to Purchasing 　　One of the objectives of purchasing is to avoid waste and the problem of obsolescence with respect to materials through a programme of systematic sourcing, buying, and supplying.  The purchasing function also aims to cut cost through the application of economical and efficient purchasing techniques.  It also aims to maintain continuity of supply to support the production schedule while minimizing investment in stocks. 　　采购的目的之一是通过系统的寻找供应来源，购买，和供应物料的方案来避免浪费和废弃物料的问题。采购职能的目的在