This paper examines the centralised monitoring of an upstream supply chain (USC) in the context of a mass customisation production system. We propose an adaptation of the material requirement planning framework to manage demand uncertainty at each stage of the USC. New analytical relations that...

We can assume that for several years, online business-to-business relations have played a key part in the way firms organise their business and their relational networks. The main issue has been the emergence of new intermediaries which reorganise business and management process throughout the...

The purpose of this article is to analyse the developmental process of co-operative inter-organizational relationships that entails transactions between French firms and Moroccan subcontractors. The examined industries are : chemical, textile, agrobusiness, mechanic engineering, metallurgical...