Our incentive is to assess the impact of demand forecast errors on the cost performance of several lot-sizing techniques in a multi-level context. Unpredicted changes in demand keep on plaguing consumer product companies. However, efforts to improve demand forecast accuracy may not be rewarded...

Le réseau représente une forme d’organisation qui suppose la double représentation par des flux d’informations parallèles à des flux de relations (Pesqueux, 2002). Les réseaux d’entreprises, en particulier, sont caractérisés par l’utilisation de systèmes d’information...

In a supply chain designed for the production of goods of wide variety, the production schedule creates an ordered list of all the alternate components that will be mounted on a same post of the chain. The supply of these components by the supplier may induce transportation-related constraints....