Cross-docking

Journal of Management Control

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-137

  Stephan, Konrad ^a   Boysen, Nils ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision support; Distribution networks; Logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052151428     PISSN: 21914761     EISSN: 2191477X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00187-011-0124-9     Document Type: Review

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