Indicators of energy efficiency of supply chains

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-95

  Kalenoja, Hanna ^a   Kallionpää, Erika ^a   Rantala, Jarkko ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Supply chain management; Transport chain; Transport footprint

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956307382     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2010.551111     Document Type: Article

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