Here we examine forms of 'use-value' accounting, and other modes of direct coordination of distributed provisioning that have emerged within post-Fordist production.
Specifically, we are concerned to identify emergent, distinctive **relations of production**.
We examine modes that have emerged - in supply chain collaborations and in ‘clusters’ (eg ‘the Third Italy’, Emiglia Romana?), - among ‘trusted suppliers’, - in ‘flexible specialisation’. - etc
> What drove this? What’s the story of open-book accounts from the 90s?
> A capacity for **direct globalised control of material provision** has emerged (as distinct from mechanisms of market-based, exchange-contract mediated commerce and trade) . . - Securing the right material, in the right form, in the right place, at the right time; across global networks of distributed producers and users. This has emerged under the requirements to . . - Minimise time to customer and intermediate stockholding (thus freeing-up and reducing working capital) and maximise *speed of turnover* of capital.
Specifically, we consider the origins of ValueFlows as a form of OpenValue accounting. It has its bases in . . - open-book accounting in global supply chains - the REA (resource/event/agent/) frame for describing economic relationships.
> Likewise . . what drove REA?