The effect of asset visibility on managing returnable transport items

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 799-815

  Johansson, Ola ^a   Hellström, Daniel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assets management; Packaging; Returns; Simulation; Tracking; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 37548999362     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600030710848923     Document Type: Article

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