Title :
Multi-agent Supply Chain System Architecture of Cluster
Author_Institution :
Zhejiang Univ. of Finance & Econ., Hangzhou
Abstract :
In the face of highly competitive markets and continuing pressure to reduce lead time and achieve quick customer response, more enterprises today consider supply chain management to be the key area where improvements can significantly impact the bottom line, but as the R&D, manufacturing, marketing and sales become entire global affairs, the basis of competition will no longer be between individual companies and their independent supply chains but between regional industrial clusters. In this paper, the supply chain system of cluster is discussed. So an agent-based system of cluster supply chain is designed to enhance the cluster supply chain management process. Moreover, multi-agent supply chain system architecture of cluster is provided.
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; supply chain management; agent-based system; competitive markets; customer response; lead time; multi-agent supply chain system architecture; supply chain management; Collaboration; Companies; Current supplies; Industrial relations; Information technology; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Technology management; cluster; cluster supply chain system; multi-agent; supply chain;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Management Conference, 2006 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Bahia
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0285-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0286-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279856