Top-tier supplier

Synonymes ou variantes : Preferred supplier
Équivalents : Fournisseur de premier rang
Proveedor de nivel superior
Domaine : Production organization

Définition

In a tiered production system, a supplier who is on the top of the supplier network pyramid and, as such, is closely related to the buying company.

Description

"In tiered production, the buying company deals primarily with the top-tier suppliers […]."
(Dicken, P., Global shift: reshaping the global economic map in the 21st century, 4th ed., New York: Guilford Press, 2003, p. 258)

Relations sémantiques

Hiérarchiques

Low-tier supplier

Associatives

OUTSOURCING (En)
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