Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Manufacturing Systems – ICMaS

Published by Editura Academiei Române, ISSN 1842-3183

Vol. No. 1,  2006

"Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Machine and Manufacturing Systems Department

Bucharest, Romania, 26 – 27 October, 2006

Abstract: One evolutional type of supply chain is the network supply chain. It is perceived as a network organization formed with and by a group of independent firms called network, which are experts in replenishment, production and distribution and which have both logistical and non-logistical relations, working on optimization of material and information flow. Since the mechanism of creating of the network supply chain is rather complicated and not deeply researched, it is essential to introduce its relevance and conduct further necessary research on these issues. This article presents the role of logistics

M.Sc. Artur SWIERCZEK, Assistant Professor, Higher School

of Labour Safety Management in Katowice, Department

of Management and Psychology in Business,

E-mail: artuross@poczta.fm.