Integrated Multi-agent-based Supply Chain Management

  • Authors:
  • Daniel Frey;Tim Stockheim;Peer-Oliver Woelk;Roland Zimmermann

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • WETICE '03 Proceedings of the Twelfth International Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Multi-agent systems (MAS) offer new perspectivescompared to conventional, centrally organisedarchitectures in the scope of supply chain management(SCM). Their structure inherently meets the requirementsof decentralised supply chains, whereas conventionalSCM systems are often restricted in terms of dynamicbehaviour, handling severe disturbances at supplier sitesas well as dealing with highly customised or complexproducts. Since necessary data are not available withinthe whole supply chain, an integrated approach forproduction planning and control taking into account allthe partners involved is not feasible. In this paper a MASarchitecture integrating various intelligent agent systemsis presented to address the problem.