A Framework for evaluating third-party logistics

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-94

  Vaidyanathan, Ganesh ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURTH-PARTY LOGISTICS (4PL) PROVIDERS; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS (IOS); SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM); THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS (3PL) PROVIDERS;

COSTS; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; LOGISTICS; OUTSOURCING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 17044391068     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1039539.1039544     Document Type: Review

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