Improving the service operations of container terminals

International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-116

  Hsu, Wen Kai K ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Container terminals; Customer requirements; Freight containers; Logistics management; Quality function deployment; Service operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880389752     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJLM-05-2013-0057     Document Type: Article

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