Lean road transportation – a systematic method for the improvement of road transport operations

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 865-877

  Villarreal, Bernardo ^a   Garza Reyes, Jose Arturo ^b   Kumar, Vikas ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lean; Road transportation; Transportation efficiency; Value stream mapping; Waste elimination

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; ROADS AND STREETS; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

LEAN; ROAD TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY; VALUE STREAM MAPPING; WASTE ELIMINATIONS;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84961202159     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2016.1152405     Document Type: Article

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