An enhanced model framework of personalized material flow services

Information Technology and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-159

  Hou, Hanping ^a,b   Hu, Mingyao ^a   Chen, Li ^a,c,d,e   Choi, Jung Y ^f  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Austria Center for Research and Innovation in Logistics   (China)

^c Supply Chain Management and Material Flow   (Austria)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^e VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^f FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Long Tail effect; Material Flow (MF); Personalized Material Flow Services (PMFS); X Party Material Flow (X PMF)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957892133     PISSN: 1385951X     EISSN: 15737667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10799-011-0099-0     Document Type: Article

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