Selection of third-party reverse logistics provider using fuzzy extent analysis

Benchmarking

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-167

  Govindan, Kannan ^a   Murugesan, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Odaiyappa College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy analysis; Operations management; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952284994     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635771111109869     Document Type: Article

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