Integrated model for selection of third party service providers by global lead logistics providers

International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 187-202

  Bhatti, Rajbir Singh ^a   Kumar, Pradeep ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

3PL; AHP; Analytic hierarchy process; Data envelopment analysis; DEA; Global; India; Service provider selection; Third party logistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930425006     PISSN: 17589401     EISSN: 1758941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2009.030641     Document Type: Article

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