Logistics outsourcing by manufacturers in China: A survey of the industry

Transportation Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Hong, Junjie ^a   Chin, Anthony T H ^a   Liu, Binglian ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOGISTICS; MANUFACTURING; OUTSOURCING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 1842781588     PISSN: 00411612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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