Managing uncertainty in logistics service supply chain

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-43

  Choy, K L ^a   Li, Chung Lun ^a   So, Stuart C K ^a   Lau, Henry ^a   Kwok, S K ^a   Leung, Dennis W K ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CSL Cosmos Solutions Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Logistics information system; Supply chain uncertainty; Third party logistics providers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751575463     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2007.011408     Document Type: Article

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