Agile service oriented shipping companies in the container terminal

Transport

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-153

  Liu, Wei ^a   Xu, Huan ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agile service; Container terminal; Organizational structure; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; PORT TERMINALS; QUALITY CONTROL; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS; SHIPS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

AGILE SERVICES; CONTAINER TERMINAL; DISTRIBUTION CENTERS; ECONOMICAL GLOBALIZATION; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SHIPPING COMPANIES;

CONTAINERS;

EID: 70349559939     PISSN: 16484142     EISSN: 16483480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1648-4142.2009.24.143-153     Document Type: Article

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