Towards a holistic approach to logistics quality deficiencies

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 944-957

  Forslund, Helena ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Distribution management; Order processing; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348926360     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710710826207     Document Type: Article

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