Title :
Bridge the gap between theory and practice on cluster supply chain
Author :
Xue, Xiao ; Zeng, Zhifeng
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Service Sci. & Eng., Henan Polytech. Univ., Jiaozuo, China
Abstract :
Cluster supply chain is a new economic theory for SMEs to improve each other´s capabilities and face with global challenges through all kinds of collaborative strategies. However, it is still an open problem on how to bridge the gap between business theories and IT realization. The paper proposes a modeling framework to depict cluster supply chain from three views (business models, specification models, realization models), which takes full advantage of agent technology to achieve the transition between them.
Keywords :
economics; small-to-medium enterprises; supply chain management; SME; agent technology; business model; cluster supply chain; economic theory; realization model; small-to-medium enterprises; specification model; Application software; Bridges; Computational intelligence; Computer industry; Computer science; Industrial economics; International collaboration; Machinery production industries; Supply chain management; Supply chains; agent modeling technology; cluster supply chain; process customization; service system;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Intelligence and Industrial Applications, 2009. PACIIA 2009. Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4606-3
DOI :
10.1109/PACIIA.2009.5406654