• DocumentCode
    130182
  • Title

    Agent-based supply chain management modeling and simulation

  • Author

    Zaiyong Tang ; Youqin Pan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Marketing & Decision Sci., Salem State Univ., Salem, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    28-30 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    1255
  • Lastpage
    1259
  • Abstract
    We used an agent-based modeling approach to study the bullwhip effect under different demand patterns, order policies, and supply chain structures. We are able to confirm that information sharing can reduce the bullwhip effect across various demand patterns. Furthermore, we extended the serial supply chains to supply chain networks, and verified that the benefit of information sharing is also present in networked supply chains.
  • Keywords
    multi-agent systems; network theory (graphs); production engineering computing; supply chain management; agent-based supply chain management modeling; agent-based supply chain management simulation; bullwhip effect; demand patterns; information sharing; order policies; serial supply chains; supply chain networks; supply chain structures; Computational modeling; Educational institutions; Information management; Mathematical model; Production facilities; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Agent-based modeling; SCM; Supply Chain Management; bullwhip effect;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information and Automation (ICIA), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Hailar
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICInfA.2014.6932841
  • Filename
    6932841