Establishing a transport operation focused uncertainty model for the supply chain

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 388-411

  Rodrigues, Vasco Sanchez ^a   Stantchev, Damian ^b   Potter, Andrew ^a   Naim, Mohamed ^a   Whiteing, Anthony ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution management; Modelling; Supply chain management; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749088523     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600030810882807     Document Type: Article

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