Logistics education: A look at the current state of the art and science

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 455-467

  Lutz, Heather ^a   Birou, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Curriculum; Higher education; Logistics education; Supply chain management; Syllabi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879896486     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-08-2012-0269     Document Type: Article

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