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Improving road transport operations through lean thinking: a case study

Bernardo VillarrealDepartamento de Ingeniería, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico
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Jose Arturo Garza-ReyesCentre for Supply Chain Improvement, The University of Derby, Derby, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Vikas KumarBristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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Ming K. LimCentre for Supply Chain Improvement, The University of Derby, Derby, UK
Pages 163-180 | Received 27 Oct 2015, Accepted 21 Mar 2016, Published online: 18 Apr 2016

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