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Developing a smartphone app to enhance Oxfam's supply chain visibility

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Developing a smartphone app to enhance Oxfam's supply chain visibility. / Cherrett, Tom; Shingleton, Duncan; Norton, Ben et al.
In: International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2015, p. 155-167.

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Cherrett, T, Shingleton, D, Norton, B, McLeod, F, Forey, C, Dickinson, J, Winstanley, C, Davies, N, Speed, C & Norgate, S 2015, 'Developing a smartphone app to enhance Oxfam's supply chain visibility', International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 155-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2014.980794

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Cherrett, T., Shingleton, D., Norton, B., McLeod, F., Forey, C., Dickinson, J., Winstanley, C., Davies, N., Speed, C., & Norgate, S. (2015). Developing a smartphone app to enhance Oxfam's supply chain visibility. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 18(2), 155-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2014.980794

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Cherrett T, Shingleton D, Norton B, McLeod F, Forey C, Dickinson J et al. Developing a smartphone app to enhance Oxfam's supply chain visibility. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. 2015;18(2):155-167. Epub 2014 Nov 18. doi: 10.1080/13675567.2014.980794

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Cherrett, Tom ; Shingleton, Duncan ; Norton, Ben et al. / Developing a smartphone app to enhance Oxfam's supply chain visibility. In: International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. 2015 ; Vol. 18, No. 2. pp. 155-167.

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