Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

pilote de flux

English translation:

flow controller/manager

Added to glossary by French Foodie
May 2, 2005 18:15
19 yrs ago
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French term

pilote de flux

French to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) supply chain management
Concerning the links in the "supply chain". Don't have much more contexte than the following:

Tous les maillons de la chaîne complexe qui va de l’émission d’une Demande d’Achat jusqu’à la livraison – en passant par le gestionnaire autorisant la Demande d’Achat, les acheteurs qui référencent ces marchandises, les approvisionneurs qui transforment la demande d’achat en commande fournisseur puis qui la suivent, la plate-forme qui assure éventuellement sa préparation, les pilotes de flux qui en organisent le transport et les opérations douanières – auront vu leur processus s’améliorer considérablement en trois années.

I have been researching this a fair bit, but since I don't have a good background in supply chain management, I'm not sure that the terms I'm seeing are reliable... One thing is for sure, I haven't come across many "flow pilots"!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance,
Mara
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 flow controllers
4 +1 material flow management
3 logistics

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flow controllers

my logistics ditctionary gives "pilotage de flux" = flow control/flow monitoring

This makes sense because "piloter" means" to run, to manage, to steer, to control,

sous le pilotage de: under the control of, under the leadership of, under the stewardsip of......

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Note added at 2005-05-03 06:18:38 (GMT)
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dictionary - sorry - spelling/typing first thing in the morning is not my forte!
Peer comment(s):

agree DocT
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "This is what I went with, although I think flow manager could have worked just as well. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions!"
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material flow management

There are no direct translation for "Pilotage de flux". however, material flow management might be a good call
Peer comment(s):

agree Robert Frankling : "FLOW MANAGER" Many hits with a similar idea: www.eprocess.prologue.fr/flow_manager.html ...I would bet this refers to a computer software of some sort.
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logistics

Judging from the description of what they do, I would imagine that logistics managers/management or possibly even operators would probably fit ("pilote" is often used in a vague management/leadership sense). And management of flows of goods is kinda what logistics is. So I'd probably do a bit of web research to check that logistics operators deal with customs aspects when required (I think they do but I'm not sure) and see if it fits.
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