Transportation visibility and information sharing: A case study of actors' requirements

World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-71

  Sternberg, Henrik ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

3PL; Information model; Information sharing; Intermodal; Requirements analysis; Transportation; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 57549101048     PISSN: 17494729     EISSN: 17494737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/WRITR.2008.021485     Document Type: Article

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