The use of third party logistics services by Swedish manufacturing firms: current situation and future prospects

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 396-418

  Cui, Lianguang ^a   Sjöholm, Lisa ^b   Wang, Ying ^c  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b Thule ^*  (Sweden)

^c Martin Bencher (Scandinavia) AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

manufacturing; outsourcing; supply chain management; Sweden; third party logistics; TPL

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956221476     PISSN: 17566517     EISSN: 17566525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTL.2009.027682     Document Type: Article

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