Evaluating the logistics performance of intermodal transportation in Thailand

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-342

  Kunadhamraks, Pichet ^a   Hanaoka, Shinya ^b  

^a Ministry of Transport   (Thailand)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distribution management; Fuzzy logic; Performance measurement (quality); Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 79151480237     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13555850810890084     Document Type: Article

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