THE SUCCESSFUL CROSS-DOCK BASED SUPPLY CHAIN

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-119

  Vogt, John Joseph ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cross dock; Distribution; Success factors; Supply chain; Warehouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959196852     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2010.tb00130.x     Document Type: Article

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