Selection of sustainable warehouse location in supply chain using the grey approach

International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 338-353

  Uysal, Fahriye ^a   Tosun, Ömür ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Grey approach; Sustainable supply chain; Sustainable warehousing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920492095     PISSN: 17567017     EISSN: 17567025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIDS.2014.066633     Document Type: Article

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