A survey of third party logistics in Mexico and a comparison with reports on Europe and USA

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 639-667

  Arroyo, Pilar ^a   Gaytan, Juan ^a   De Boer, Luitzen ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mexico; Operations management; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646873058     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570610666984     Document Type: Article

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