Creating sustainable fresh food supply chains through waste reduction

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 262-276

  Kaipia, Riikka ^a   Dukovska Popovska, Iskra ^b   Loikkanen, Lauri ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Case studies; Fresh foods; Information; Information sharing; Supply chain; Supply chain management; Sustainability; Waste minimisation; Waste reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878220097     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPDLM-11-2011-0200     Document Type: Article

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