Indian cold chain: Modeling the inhibitors

British Food Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1260-1283

  Joshi, Rohit ^a   Banwet, Devinder Kumar ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

India; Modelling; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749099058     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700911001077     Document Type: Article

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