An integrated model to identify and classify the key criteria and their role in the assessment of 3PL services providers

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-249

  Qureshi, M N ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Kumar, Pradeep ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Channel relations; Distribution management; Freight forwarding; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350425351     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13555850810864579     Document Type: Article

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