Quality assurance in the maritime port logistics chain: The case of Valencia, Spain

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-44

  López, Raúl Compés ^a   Poole, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; LOGISTICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS; VEHICLES;

INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS; PORT SERVICES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM); VALENCIA, SPAIN;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0442293446     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598549810200915     Document Type: Review

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