Improving logistics and supply chain management in Spain: An analysis of current practices and future requirements

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-169

  Díaz, Angel ^a   Solís, Luis ^a   Claes, Björn ^b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best practices; Competitiveness; Logistics; Spain; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960774899     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2011.041503     Document Type: Article

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