Logistics customer service: Performance of Irish food exporters

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-15

  Collins, Alan ^a   Henchion, Maeve ^b   O’Reilly, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Customer service; Food industry; Inventory; Logistics; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037881     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550110366299     Document Type: Article

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