The purpose of this article is to examine one group of supply chain risks, namely the current risks generated by the suppliers and their relations to the position of companies in the supply chain and the current economic fluctuations, as well as to gain the knowledge on how to mitigate these...

There are no standards which one could use for establishing approximately or precisely whether the management of an organization is good or bad. There is management best practices as alternative, sooner elaborated advices then rules imposed to a manager, which can improve management processes....

The current social and economic stage of development observed in Romania and, implicitly, that of the national tourism, requires a new type of approach vis-à-vis the “tourism development” concept. Until the 90s, tourism development was carried out in a centralized fashion and, in most...

Integrated development seen at the level of local community assumes a global approach of all influence factors over these on the one hand, but also the evolution of these in time on another hand. In these conditions there must be taken in consideration a series of aspects as: economic...

The role of foresight for supporting strategic planning is subject of debate at international level: on the one hand the classic functions of foresight do not go further than simply informing the policy makers, and on the other hand a growing number of foresight exercises with explicit planning...

The paper deals with a model for assessing disparities in the development of commercial facilities. The term “commercial facilities” helps one perceive distribution not only as an economic activity in itself but also as an urban infrastructure and as a component of an urban area that forms a...

Supply chain management SCM is the integration and management of supply chain organizations and activities through collaboration, effective business processes and high levels of information sharing. The supply chain concept has become a concern due to global competition and increasing customer...

On this paperwork, we define the strategy of the logistic chain and we explain the way in which the creation of a strategical harmonization between the competitive strategy of the companz and the strategz of the logistic chain affects the performance of the whole company. We also analyse the...

Application software is one of the most important elements of any information system. The most recent trend in the field of the software is, undoubtedly, migration of classic applications from centralized computer architectures to network or distributed architectures. This migration as well as...