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1、外文翻译原文LogisticscostsandcontrollingMaterialSource:Springer-Verlag2009Author:Timm Gudehus,Herbert KotzLogisticCostsandControllingAbstractLogisticcostsaredefineddifferentlyincompanies.Inmanycases,thereportedlogisticcostsofcompaniesevenwithinthesamebusinessdiffermorethanjustifiedbyth
2、eiroperations.Somecompaniesdonotcountinterestanddepreciationoninventoriesaslogisticcosts.Othersincludethedistributioncostsoftheirsuppliersorthepurchasingcosts.Insomecases,eventhepurchasevalueoftheprocuredgoodsisincludedinthelogisticcosts(Baumgartenetal.1993;GudehusandKotzab2004;W
3、eber2002).Logisticcostsaredefineddifferentlyincompanies.Inmanycases,thereportedlogisticcostsofcompaniesevenwithinthesamebusinessdiffermorethanjustifiedbytheiroperations.Somecompaniesdonotcountinterestanddepreciationoninventoriesaslogisticcosts.Othersincludethedistributioncostsoft
4、heirsuppliersorthepurchasingcosts.Insomecases,eventhepurchasevalueoftheprocuredgoodsisincludedinthelogisticcosts(Baumgartenetal.1993;GudehusandKotzab2004;Weber2002).Anotherproblem,whicharisesnotonlyinlogistics,iscostingandpricingofintangiblegoods.Intangiblegoods,suchaslogisticser
5、vices,provideimmediateutilityandaregenerallynotstorable.Therefore,theconventionalmethodsofaccounting,costingandpricing,whichhavebeendevelopedfortangiblegoods,areoflimitedvalueforlogistics(Cooper1992;Horvàth1999;Johnson1987).Moreappropriateforthecalculationofperformancecostsarepro
6、cess-relatedcostaccountingandactivitybasedcosting.However,inlogisticsaswellasinotherareasofbusiness,thedefinitionandcalculationofprocesscostsdiffers(Bragg2001;Hicks2002;Horvàth1999;PohlenandLaLonde1994;Poist1974).Thisholdsespeciallyfortheperformancecostsofmultifunctionallogistics
7、ystems,forpricingofintegratedperformancesandfortheconsiderationoffixedcosts.Aslongastheyaredefined,measuredandcalculateddifferently,logisticcosts,costratesandpricescannotbecompared.Anybenchmarkingbasedonsuchdoubtfulindicatorsismisleading(seeSect.4.5).Hence,reportedmarketvolumesan
8、dmarketsharesoflogisticsareatbesteducate