4PL network partnerships: the pre-selection phase

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 175-192

  Papadopoulou, E M ^a   Manthou, V ^a   Vlachopoulou, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

4PL providers; EFQM; logistics partnerships; partner pre selection; partner selection; total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880068965     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2013.809708     Document Type: Article

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