Multi-Agent System Interaction in Integrated SCM
Coordination between organizations on strategic,
tactical and operation levels leads to more effective
and efficient supply chains. Supply chain management
is increasing day by day in modern enterprises. The
environment is becoming competitive and many
enterprises will find it difficult to survive if they do
not make their sourcing, production and distribution
more efficient. Multi-agent supply chain management
has recognized as an effective methodology for supply
chain management. Multi-agent systems (MAS) offer
new methods compared to conventional, centrally
organized architectures in the scope of supply chain
management (SCM). Since necessary data are not
available within the whole supply chain, an integrated
approach for production planning and control taking
into account all the partners involved is not feasible. In
this study we show how MAS architecture interacts in
the integrated SCM architecture with the help of
various intelligent agents to highlight the above
problem.
Keywords: Supply Chain management (SCM),
Processing Management, Multi agent system (MAS),
Bullwhip effect
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