Transportation of frozen foods

Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 227-242

  Estrada Flores, Silvia ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIPS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CHAIN COMPONENTS; COMMERCIAL OPERATION; FROZEN FOOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARITIME TRANSPORT; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84861006164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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