Research on mobile communication systems in last-mile logistics to create an end-to-end information flow

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 172-190

  Petrovic, Otto ^a   Harnisch, Michael J ^a   Puchleitner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Delivery solution; Information flow; Last mile logistics; Mobile communication system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908236793     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2014.065331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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