Smart freight to enhance control of supply chains

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-329

  Lumsden, Kenth ^a   Stefansson, Gunnar ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Information decentralisation; Smart freight; Supply chain management; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447620673     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2007.012996     Document Type: Article

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