Combining vertical and horizontal collaboration for transport optimisation

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-199

  Mason, Robert ^a   Lalwani, Chandra ^b   Boughton, Roger ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c MultiServ Logistics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horizontal integration; Supply chain management; Transport management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249103137     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540710742509     Document Type: Article

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