Third-party logistics providers in Spain

Industrial Management & Data Systems

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1156-1172

  Núñez Carballosa, Ana ^a   Guitart Tarrés, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case study; Outsourcing; Spain; Strategic outsourcing; Third party logistics providers

Indexed keywords

3PL PROVIDERS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; LOGISTICS OUTSOURCING; LOGISTICS PROVIDERS; MARKET COVERAGE; OPTIMISATIONS; OUTSOURCE; SENIOR MANAGEMENT; SPAIN; STRATEGIC OUTSOURCING; THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS PROVIDERS;

INDUSTRY; RESEARCH; SUPPLY CHAINS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84859167890     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571111170749     Document Type: Article

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