Complex adaptive supply chain network: The state of the art

With the economic globalization, networking, rapid development of IT and customization of customer requirements, supply chains must adaptively respond to its dynamic environment and customer requirements in order to keep long-term survival in a rigorous competition world. Traditional supply chains must change to adaptive supply networks (ASN). It is significant to study thoroughly the conception, characters and enabling technologies of ASN in current competitive market environment. ASNs have gained focus of both academic and practice areas. This paper gives a brief survey on ASN including definition, properties, research status and future trend.