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1、外文翻译原文LogisticscostsandcontrollingMaterialSource:Springer-Verlag2009Author:Timm Gudehus,Herbert KotzLogisticCostsandControllingAbstractLogisticcostsaredefineddifferentlyincompanies.Inmanycases,thereportedlogisticcostsofcompaniesevenwithinthesamebusinessdiffermorethanjustifiedbytheiroperation
2、s.Somecompaniesdonotcountinterestanddepreciationoninventoriesaslogisticcosts.Othersincludethedistributioncostsoftheirsuppliersorthepurchasingcosts.Insomecases,eventhepurchasevalueoftheprocuredgoodsisincludedinthelogisticcosts(Baumgartenetal.1993;GudehusandKotzab2004;Weber2002).Logisticcostsa
3、redefineddifferentlyincompanies.Inmanycases,thereportedlogisticcostsofcompaniesevenwithinthesamebusinessdiffermorethanjustifiedbytheiroperations.Somecompaniesdonotcountinterestanddepreciationoninventoriesaslogisticcosts.Othersincludethedistributioncostsoftheirsuppliersorthepurchasingcosts.In
4、somecases,eventhepurchasevalueoftheprocuredgoodsisincludedinthelogisticcosts(Baumgartenetal.1993;GudehusandKotzab2004;Weber2002).Anotherproblem,whicharisesnotonlyinlogistics,iscostingandpricingofintangiblegoods.Intangiblegoods,suchaslogisticservices,provideimmediateutilityandaregenerallynots
5、torable.Therefore,theconventionalmethodsofaccounting,costingandpricing,whichhavebeendevelopedfortangiblegoods,areoflimitedvalueforlogistics(Cooper1992;Horvàth1999;Johnson1987).Moreappropriateforthecalculationofperformancecostsareprocess-relatedcostaccountingandactivitybasedcosting.However,in
6、logisticsaswellasinotherareasofbusiness,thedefinitionandcalculationofprocesscostsdiffers(Bragg2001;Hicks2002;Horvàth1999;PohlenandLaLonde1994;Poist1974).Thisholdsespeciallyfortheperformancecostsofmultifunctionallogisticsystems,forpricingofintegratedperformancesandfortheconsiderationoffixedco
7、sts.Aslongastheyaredefined,measuredandcalculateddifferently,logisticcosts,costratesandpricescannotbecompared.Anybenchmarkingbasedonsuchdoubtfulindicatorsismisleading(seeSect.4.5).Hence,reportedmarketvolumesandmarketsharesoflogisticsareatbesteducate