1、1外文翻譯原文PtcentriclogisticsMaterialSource:Auth:JohnManganChraLalwaniAbstract：Purpose–Thepurposeofthispaperistoexaminetraditionalcurrentemergingrolesplayedbyptsinthecontextoflogisticssupplychainmanagementpracticestrategy.Th

2、epaperalsoseekstoelabatetheemergingconceptofptcentriclogistics.Designmethodologyapproach–Thepaperdrawsitsinsightsconclusionsfromareviewoftheliteratureananalysisofcurrenttrendsdataconcerningtheptsmaritimetransptsect.Findi

3、ngs–Thepapershowsthatptscanplayavarietyofdifferentroleswithinsupplychainsthattheyarenotrestrictedtotheirtraditionalroleofsimpletranshipmentpointffreight.Researchlimitationsimplications–Whilethepaperreviewstherolesplayedb

4、yptsinlogisticssupplychainmanagementgenerallyausefulnextstepwouldbetoanalysespecificflowsactivitiesatthroughptswithinedsupplychainsthusallowingvalidationofaframewkofrolesfptsinthecontextofvarioussupplychainstrategies.Pra

5、cticalimplications–Thepaperhighlightsthepotentialwhichinmanycasesisstilllatentfptstoengageinptcentriclogisticsactivities.iginalityvalue–Thepaperbothhighlights(giventhefactthatthevastmajityoffreightatsomepointtransitspts)

6、extendstheunderstingoftherole(s)ofptswithinsupplychains.Keywds：SupplychainmanagementMarinetransptWarehousingFreightfwardingPtssupplychains3freighttransptshipping(suchasincreasingvesselsizedirectionalimbalances)arereviewe

7、dthisisfollowedbyadiscussionofvariouspertinenttrendsintheptssectinparticularconcerningptdevelopmentownershiptheevolutionofsocalledglobalptoperats(GPOs)growingcompetitionbetweenptsthelinkbetweenptseconomicgrowth.Thenextse

8、ctionconsiderstheroleofptsinthesupplychaintheemergenceof“ptcentriclogistics”iselabated.TheareaofsupplychainstrategyisdiscussedusingtheglobalsupplychaintaxonomydevelopedbyChristopheretal.(2006)itissuggestedthatptscanhavev

9、ariousdifferentrolesinthecontextofthesedifferentsupplychainstrategiesatopiconwhichfurtherresearchisrecommended.PtcentriclogisticssupplychainstrategiesItisnowgenerallyacceptedthatsupplychainsnotindividualfirmsproductsaret

10、hebasisofmuchmarketplacecompetition(Christopher1992).Transptservices(linksinsupplychains)transptinfrastructure(nodesinsupplychains)arekeyelementsinefficientlogisticssystems.Maritimetranspt(comprisingptsasnodesshippingser

11、vicesaslinks)isthedominantmodefinternationalfreightmovementsisthuscrucialtointernationaltradeavitalcomponentofmanysupplychains.Whendifficultiesariseinthemaritimechaintheresultscanbequitedramaticaswasthecasefexampleinthes

12、econdhalfof2004whencongestionattheptofLongBeachintheUSAwhichhaditsiginsinlabourdisputesledtoshipsremainingidleanchedatseafuptofourdayswithaconsiderableknockoneffectonconsignsconsignees(Marshall2005).Lookingbeyondtheptsph

13、ysicalboundariesNotteboomRodrigue(2005)arguefanewphaseinptdevelopmentvizregionalisationwherethereachoftheptextendsbeyondtheptperimeterinvolvesinteraliamarketstrategiespolicieslinkingitmecloselytoinlfreightdistributioncen

14、tres.IntheUKsomeptsareactivelyencouragingcompaniestolocatedistributioncentresatptsratherthanintheirtraditionallocationswhichtendtobeingeographicallycentralinllocations.Theyarguethatcurrentpatternsof(inl)distributioncentr

15、elocationignethefactthatmostofthefreightthatpassesthroughthesedistributioncentresfirstpassesthroughapt.Therefetheyarguethatitislogical(oftentimeseasierintermsoflcostlackofcongestionetc.)tositesuchdistributioncentresatpts