Guy Doumeingts (born 1938) is a French engineer, Emeritus professor at the University of Bordeaux 1 and former Director of "Laboratoire d’Automatique, Productique Signal et Image" control theory, known for the development of the GRAI method and his contributions to the field of Enterprise modelling.
[1] Doumeingts spent his academic career at the University Bordeaux I, where he was appointed professor and initiated and directed the GRAI/LAP (Laboratory of Automation and Productics).
He chaired the Technical Committee on Computer Application in Technology at the IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing), and was member of the Editorial Board of several journals.
Not only large organizations set up cooperation agreements with other enterprises, but also SMEs are combining forces to compete jointly in the market.
It is fundamental in order to produce goods and services quickly, at lower cost, while maintaining higher levels of quality and customisation.