The elimination of plastic bags: A customer perspective on logistics challenges

Subject Areas : Strategic Management

Hairul Rizad  Md Sapry ¹ (Industrial Logistics, Universiti Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian Institute of Industrial Technology (UniKL MITEC), 81750, Masai, Johor)
Aina Syuhada  Badrul Hisham ² (Industrial Logistics, Universiti Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian Institute of Industrial Technology (UniKL MITEC), 81750, Masai, Johor)
Abd Rahman  Ahmad ³ (3Faculty of Information Technology and Management, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn (UTHM), 86400 Parit Raja, Johor)

Received: 2022-06-27 Accepted : 2022-07-14 Published : 2022-09-01

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