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It has been argued that long-term environmental initiatives make organizations more efficient because they strive to reduce resource use in various ways. In temporary organizations, however, objectives are shortterm and are prioritized over other long-term considerations. Thus, how can "green logistics" be incorporated into temporary organizations without compromising short-term objectives? By combining the literature on temporary and permanent supply networks and green logistics in the humanitarian context, findings show that five main gaps between green logistics and disaster relief can be reduced by the application of a permanent-temporary approach. Further research is suggested for its application in other temporary contexts.

Humanitarian relief operations are complex to study and to manage. The purpose of the paper is, from an analysis of the required management competencies to face the complexity of relief operations, to show the relevance of a multi-view approach of/for the management of humanitarian operations.

We discuss the relevance in adopting a project management approach of logistics activities undertaken in humanitarian relief operations related to a natural catastrophe. Based on project management literature, we propose a multi-criteria project profiling tool that permits the characterization of the different phases of humanitarian operations.

The role of logistics as a source of competitive advantage for firms has been largely studied in the strategic management literature. This is supported by the idea that firms are a bundle of resources and, thus, firm-specific logistics resources and capabilities explain the differences in performance among firms in the same industry. A context in which logistics has recently achieved particular interest, due to its important contribution to the success of operations , is humanitarian relief. Over the past few years, the field of humanitarian logistics has witnessed great advances in both theory and practice. However, the logistics competences and capabilities needed to ensure the success of relief operations from an organizational perspective are seldom studied in academic literature. This chapter addresses this issue by studying the case of Doctors Without Borders, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a medical humanitarian organization that is widely recognized by its logistics excellence. Based on a conceptual framework developed through an extensive academic

● The complexity and scale of humanitarian relief appeals for a professionalization
of humanitarian logistics.
● The rise of a great number of humanitarian organizations is turning this
context into a highly competitive environment.
● In order to ensure economic sustainability, humanitarian organizations
need to find ways to create a sustained competitive advantage.

Globalization of a firm's activity means the establishment of long-term business relationship with several suppliers. These relations contribute to the appearance of the partnership. However, the survival of this type of relation is based on both the satisfaction and the interest's respect of each partner. This paper presents a new approach to customer-suppliers relationships where customers launch Calls For Proposals (CFPs) to which the set of the entities (customers, suppliers) get self organized in order to better respond to the CFP and to better exploit the capacity of each supplier.

The control of the relationship between partner companies concerns all the actions they develop together to achieve their common objectives and to react at the right time to any failure of one of the partners. A negotiation between the partners is thus required, and this approach involves the management and organization of each partner's production. The control system of each actor partner must thus be adaptive enough to satisfy the requirements of production. To improve the customersupplier relationship we propose a self organized control model in which the decision system manages the operation of a group of actors who are in a partnership. The proposal is based on the concept of Autonomous Control Entity (ACE). An ACE is the decision-making centre associated with the production system of the actor; it allows a supplier to become an intelligent production unit able to operate in self organization with other companies. We will present the global operation of the proposed control model then we will focus on the modelling of the ACE's modules using the DEVS formalism.

Les performances des robots industriels ont une très grande importance dans le développement de l'automatisation de l'industrie manufacturière. En effet, cette industrie se modernise et donc modifie et développe rapidement ses structures opérationnelles ainsi que ses techniques de production. Nous observons plus particulièrement à l'heure actuelle une tendance à la rationalisation des méthodes employées et une recherche accrue de la productivité.

ABSTRACT The appearance of complex products on the market involved a change and an increase of complexity at the Customer/Supplier Relationship (CSR) level. Indeed, the company had recourse to outsourcing in order to ensure their survivals. Accordingly we present a new approach of the CSR, where the whole of the entities (customer/suppliers) are self organized in order to better answer to a given call for proposal launched by the customer, and in order to exploit the capacities of a supplier with better way.

Résumé-Le monde industriel est sans cesse confronté à des problèmes de choix. Une multitude de critères doit être pris en compte dans la résolution de ces derniers. Face à ces situations, les outils d'aide à la décision prennent tout leur sens. Nous utiliserons ici la méthode Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) dans le domaine de la Production et plus particulièrement dans le cadre de l'ordonnancement d'une ligne de production de prothèses cardiovasculaires.

Abstract In this paper, we first present a metaheuristics literature review followed by a describing of the chosen metaheuristic to optimize the multicriteria decision aid method (AHP). Second, we will consider a case study to propose a scheduling for a production line using AHP method. Finally, we will apply the chosen metaheuristic to optimize the configuration phase of AHP and compare between both results. Keywords: Analytic Hierarchy Process, Genetic Algorithm, Multicriteria Decision Making, Optimization

Mes activités de recherche s' effectuent au sein du Laboratoire de Sciences de l'Information et des Systèmes (LSIS), dirigé par Mustapha Ouladsine, Professeur à l'Université Paul Cézanne. Sur le plan des activités pédagogiques, je dispense mes enseignements à Polytech'Marseille, école d'ingénieurs rattachée à l'Université de Provence et dirigée par David Zeitoun, et plus précisément au sein du département Génie Industriel et Informatique, dont le Directeur est Charles Santoni.

Abstract The emergence of specialization in the industrial world implied involving several enterprises in the development of products. As a result, enterprises are obliged to fit into a supply chain network in order to ensure their survival. The objective of this study is to improve the customer-supplier relationship.

Abstract: Faced to international competition, the industrial production requires increasingly implementation conditions. In certain cases, that forces to seek new techniques of workshop control. It is the case when it is asked to establish a Just in Time management in a Job Shop having the characteristic of working in small series. We present here a new approach for the organization of the 'control'function in such a context.

Abstract. Product traceability is now an obligation in terms of observability and flexibility of manufacturing systems and logistics chains. RFID technologies are due to be more and more integrated into existing communication networks. New infotronics technologies will enlarge the capabilities to interact, to react and to customise control systems with innovative possibilities. New control approaches should be proposed based on the use of emerging technologies that would allow their operability in manufacturing sites.

Résumé-Un système reliant la biométrie pour l'identification et l'infotronique pour le suivi de flux de personnes tout en se basant sur le paradigme holonique, une architecture isoarchique et une analyse multicritère est présenté. Tout d'abord, les différents concepts du paradigme holonique sont décrits, puis le modèle de pilotage GIPSIS (Gate, Individual, Purpose & Simulation Isoarchic System) proposé est détaillé. Par la suite, deux points non négligeables de notre proposition sont abordés.