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Digital Transformation of Logistics Service Providers in the Context of Material Flow Coordination

By: Mariusz Kmiecik  
Open Access
|Feb 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2026-0009 | Journal eISSN: 1407-6179 | Journal ISSN: 1407-6160
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