Developing “Extra Distance” as a measure for the evaluation of road freight transport performance

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 822-840

  Rodrigues, Vasco Sanchez ^a   Cowburn, John ^b   Potter, Andrew ^a   Naim, Mohamed ^a   Whiteing, Anthony ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Gist Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FMCG supply chains; Road freight transport; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926456058     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPPM-05-2013-0091     Document Type: Article

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