VOA商务英语第21课
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    T: So you ship each computer within five days and repair computers within two days.

    S: We are committed to providing fast service.

    T: And you really can distribute the computers within five days.

    S: Generally, Yes, but our distribution costs are increasing.

    T: It is more expensive to deliver to customers one by one.

    S: Right, It is cheaper to send a whole truckload to one place.

    T: Like a retailer outlet or a warehouse.

    S: Instead we deliver to individual customers.

    T: Distribution costs must be really high.

    S: That is the problem, high distribution cost.

    T: Why are the distribution costs skyrocketing?

    S: Because we have more customers. It is the price of our success.

    T: You mean you are successful at selling more computers.

    S: And each computer must distribute to the individual customer.

    T: So you can't take the advantage of economic scale.

    S: That is right, if we sold one hundred computers, we have to deliver them to one hundred different locations.

    T: No wander your distribution costs are through the rule.

    S: If we do something quickly, we'll lose all our profits.

    T: Direct computers sells computers all over the country?

    S: That's right, send from distribution sites.

    T: Ok. I wasn't sure about that.

    S: Last year, we have just one central distribution port.

    T: And since then you grown.

    S: We have three main hubs, we just open the third.

    T: That's a lot of growth.

    S: With the additional hubs we're closer to the customer.

    T: It should cut down the delivery time.

    S: That was the idea.

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