The impact of road traffic congestion on supply chains: insights from Auckland, New Zealand

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-180

  Sankaran, Jayaram K ^a   Gore, Amanda ^b   Coldwell, Baz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Carter Holt Harvey Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Case study; Congestion management; New Zealand; Supply chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 85132598861     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675560500166780     Document Type: Article

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