"Packaging logistics": Promoting sustainable efficiency in supply chains

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 325-346

  García Arca, Jesús ^a   Carlos Prado Prado, J ^a   Trinidad Gonzalez Portela Garrido, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Logistics; Packaging; Supply chain; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900854340     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPDLM-05-2013-0112     Document Type: Article

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