Skill requirements for logistics professionals: findings and implications

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 553-574

  Thai, Vinh V ^a   Cahoon, Stephen ^b   Tran, Hai T ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; BLM framework; Distribution management; Knowledge development; Logistics professionals; Skill requirements; Skills facilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890806711     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13555851111165084     Document Type: Article

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