Top-tier supplier

Synonymes ou variantes :	Preferred supplier

Équivalents :	Fournisseur de premier rang Proveedor de nivel superior

Domaine :	Organisation de la production

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.

"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)

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Contrastif	Low-tier supplier

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Acteur/Action	OUTSOURCING (En)

Top-tier supplier

Définition

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