Industry cluster and supply chain are in focus of every countries which rely on knowledge-based economy. Both focus on improving the competitiveness of firm in the industry in the different aspect. This paper tries to illustrate how the industry cluster can increase the supply chain performance....

Performance improvement in supply chains, taking into account customer demand in the tactical planning process is essential. It is more and more difficult for the customers to ensure a certain level of demand over a medium term horizon as their own customers ask them for personalisation and fast...

To improve the supply chains performance, taking into account the customer demand in the tactical planning process is essential. It is more and more difficult for the customers to insure a certain level of demand over a medium term period. Then it is necessary to develop methods and decision...

Supply chain configurations, as hybrid governance structures, allow companies to be sufficiently integrated while keeping a certain level of flexibility. This enables them, on one hand, to converge towards common interests through the development of cooperation; and on the other hand, to diverge...

L'adoption de la démarche Supply Chain Management (SCM), centrée sur la logistique, apparaît comme un outil de performance pour la firme, puisque son ambition affichée est de répondre au triple objectif d'amélioration des niveaux de service, de réduction des coûts et de création de...

Recent changes in environmental legislation have focused company thinking on business practices, particularly concerning the importance of integrating environmental concerns like outsourcing and procurement in supply chain networks. Supply chain partners are becoming progressively more...

Dans les référentiels d'économie institutionnelle, la méso-analyse de filière se diversifie. En interrogeant la genèse du concept de filière et son application par l'économie industrielle, l'économie rurale et les sciences de gestion, dans l'agriculture et l'agroalimentaire, l'article...

This paper outlines some practical problems linked to information exchange occurring in nowadays supply chains, with a special emphasis on the aeronautical sector. The Intelligent Product paradigm is presented as an adequate solution to address some of these problems and to provide rapid gains...