Research on Capacity Planning Model of Supply Chain Based on Multi-Agent

Because of current strong globalization trend, manufacturers and planners are more willing to cooperate in many aspects such as purchasing, production, planning and so on. Accordingly, capacity planning of supply chain should also be done in order to maximize the overall interests of supply chain. Firstly, the difference between capacity planning of supply chain and traditional capacity planning is studied. Then a whole framework for capacity planning system is proposed. Meantime, a knowledge-based agent is also put forward. Finally, the operation model of capacity planning based on multi-agent is given.