Third-party logistics selection problem: A literature review on criteria and methods

Omega (United Kingdom)

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-78

  Aguezzoul, Aicha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Decision making process; Logistics outsourcing; Multicriteria; Performance measurement; Third party logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902952116     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2014.05.009     Document Type: Review

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