Postponed manufacturing in European supplychains. A triangular approach
Competitiveness ; Economic geography ; Europe ; Firm strategy ; Industrial organization ; Industry ; Internationalization ; Marketing ; Supply
This study refers to the contribution of postponed manufacturing to the way industrial companies organize international supplychains in Europe. It concludes that postponed manufacturing can contribute to the competitiveness of industrial companies
based on the formation of multiple strategic capabilities. This is however, under the influence of the organizational heritage of the company, the operating context of the supplychain and requires a geographical reconfiguration of the supplychain
Accuracy of forecasting in a Nordic paper mill's supplychain : a case study
Finland ; Forecast ; Industry ; Paper industry ; Research technique ; Supplychain ; Transport cost
Chaîne d'offre ; Coût de transport ; Finlande ; Industrie ; Industrie du papier ; Prévision ; Technique de recherche
The article compares the accuracy of forecasted and actual supplychain cost and price factors in a Nordic paper mill's sales to customers in two large European countries. There is a need for more reliable forecasting methods in the paper industry
Ports et stratégies des chaînes d'approvisionnement. Lre cas des ports de Dubai. La nature de l'ancrage territorial des ports de Dubai. Stratégie des chaînes d'approvisionnement de Dubai.
Alternative (shorter) food supplychains and specialist livestock products in the Scottish-English borders
Agroindustrial system ; Food ; Food industry chain ; Food product ; Livestock product ; Meat ; Quality of product ; Spatial embeddedness ; Supplying ; United Kingdom
Alimentation ; Ancrage territorial ; Approvisionnement ; Chaîne agro-alimentaire ; Filière agro-alimentaire ; Produit alimentaire ; Produit animal ; Qualité du produit ; Royaume-Uni ; Viande
A l'aide de diagrammes illustrant la chaîne d'offres, les AA. soulignent comment les entreprises spécifiques d'élevage mobilisent des chaînes d'offre individuelle ou personnalisée. Une distinction peut être établie entre les chaînes conventionnelles
Supply-chain dynamics, environmental issues, and manufacturing firms
Customers ; England ; Enquiry ; Enterprise ; Environment ; Environmental management ; Firm strategy ; Industry ; Legislation ; Supplying ; United Kingdom ; Yorkshire and Humberside
The A. outlines the supply-chain concept, and examines its current significance as a source of environmental pressure. The nature of any supply-chain pressure experienced by a cross section of manufacturing firms in Yorkshire and Humberside
Retailing local food in the Scottish-English borders : a supplychain perspective
Food industry chain ; Food product ; Food trade ; Locality ; Marketing ; Marketing channel ; Northern England ; Retail trade ; Spatial embeddedness ; Supplying ; United Kingdom
Ancrage territorial ; Approvisionnement ; Chaîne agro-alimentaire ; Circuit de distribution ; Commerce alimentaire ; Commerce de détail ; Commercialisation ; Localité ; Northern England ; Produit alimentaire ; Royaume-Uni
A l'aide de diagrammes illustrant les chaînes d'approvisionnement, les AA. présentent les nouvelles géographies de l'agro-alimentaire associées à cinq types différents de commerces de détail. Les sources d'approvisionnement local se situent à la
Supplychains, material linkage and regional development
Economic potential ; Employment ; Input-output model ; Inter-industrial linkages ; Multiplicator ; North-West England ; Regional economy ; Supply ; United Kingdom
The importance of economic linkage to regional development is implicit in the approaches for the analysis of the development process. No mechanism exists which allows a general assessment of regional supply networks. The paper provides one approach
to this type of evaluation in UK regions. Taking input-output tables (North West of England) as the basis of analysis, sectoral linkages with supply potential are identified and their magnitude examined. The paper reveals the scope for extending material
Spatial characteristics of the transports in the paper mill's supplychain
Competitiveness ; Finland ; Industrial branch ; Industry ; Management ; Paper industry ; Supplying ; Transport cost
Etude de l'impact des coûts de transport sur la gestion de la chaîne d'approvisionnement pour l'industrie nordique de la pâte à papier. Ces coûts se répercutent sur les profits des usines. Ils s'élèvent du fait de l'hétérogénéité spatiale du marché
Evidence of sedimentary supply from plutonic sources in the Oligocene-Miocene flyschs of the Rifian Chain (Morocco) : provenance and palaeogeographic implications
New petrographic and sedimentological data from the Oligocene-Miocene mauretanien flysch of the Rifian Chain and from the terrigenous deposits unconformably overlying the internal Rifian zones provide evidence of sedimentary supplies also from
Changes in production organization imposed by internationalization and globalization process highlight the growing importance of logistics service and modern supplychains for business activities. Besides, these transformations underlie that supply
chains develop a strong link with territories, whose conpetitive level is today increasingly dependent on the presence of qualified and comprehensive logistics offer. - (NF)
International technology transfer to local suppliers by Volvo trucks in India
Approvisionnement ; Chaîne de montage ; Entreprise transnationale ; Inde ; Industrie ; Industrie automobile ; Localisation ; Stratégie d'entreprise ; Système de production ; Technologie ; Transfert de technologie
Assembly line ; Car industry ; Firm strategy ; India ; Industry ; Location ; Production system ; Supplying ; Technology ; Technology transfer ; Transnational corporation
Greening the Realm : sustainable food chains and the Public Plate
Development ; Ecology ; Food ; Supplying ; Sustainable development ; United Kingdom
Le client faillible : le paradoxe de l'équipement public du Royaume-Uni; le client écologique : le défi de l'approvisionnement sain; les chaînes alimentaires solaires saines : le potentiel du plateau public; les barrières à l'approvisionnement