Nautical A span of chain, wire, or rope that can be secured at both ends to an object and slung from its center point.

系船索：能被缚在一个物体两端，并从其中心点吊起的链子、缆绳，绳索的跨绳。

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Supply chain logistics geographical and time span large, and for this reason we developed the graduate design hereby logistics management system.

供应链物流的地域和时间跨度大，为此，我们这次毕业设计特此开发了物流管理系统。

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Typically, companies in this industry manage complex and interrelated decisions that span the entire value chain, ranging from the procurement of feedstocks to production, marketing, logistics and distribution.

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Also, I had to buy some chain lube to stretch out its life span.

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In a span of less than 24 hours, our traveling band experienced critical elements of the shea supply chain, from the picking, packaging and tracking of shea nuts enabled through SAP mobile technology in Janga Town to the processing of the nuts into butter at Gumu Shea.

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