A Study on Multi-agent Based Supply Chain Collaboration Operation Model Facing Time of Delivery

With the globalization of world economy and intensification of market competition, the number of customers aware of time is increasing and these customers have paid much more attention to products´ supply chain response time than ever before. This market environment has forced enterprises to improve supply chain technology in order to respond to customers´ orders more promptly. Based on the comparison of similarities between supply chain collaboration management and multi-Agent system, this paper proposes that supply chain coordination management could be achieved through multi-Agent system. Through constructing a multi-Agent based supply chain collaboration model, this paper studies orders´ delivery time issue from overall production process and logistics process on the supply chain at the enterprise level, provides suggestions for enterprises to make attractive delivery time/price combination and make on time delivery.