Make-or-buy decisions and levels of logistics outsourcing: An empirical analysis in the food manufacturing industry

Journal on Chain and Network Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-118

  Hsiao, H I ^a   Kemp, R G M ^b   Van Der Vorst, J G A J ^b   Omta, S W F ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food industry; Fourth party logistics; Logistics; Make or buy decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949463661     PISSN: 15691829     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/JCNS2009.x165     Document Type: Article

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