• DocumentCode
    2260972
  • Title

    Decentralized inventory control for large-scale supply chains

  • Author

    Inalhan, Gokhan ; How, Jonathan P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Aeronaut., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    14-16 June 2006
  • Abstract
    In this work, we illustrate a new decentralized optimization method for inventory control across large-scale supply-chains. The decentralized optimization method and the coordination algorithm provide a convenient approach to find the cooperative solution that is best for the whole supply-chain. Specifically, the scheme does not require each company to have explicit knowledge about the individual cost functions and the local constraints of the other companies. This factor helps eliminate the problems that result from informational deficiencies in large-scale supply-chains
  • Keywords
    decentralised control; optimisation; stock control; supply chains; cost functions; decentralized inventory control; decentralized optimization; large-scale supply chains; large-scale supply-chains; Cost function; Delay; Inventory control; Large-scale systems; Manufacturing; NASA; Optimization methods; Space shuttles; Subcontracting; Supply chains;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    American Control Conference, 2006
  • Conference_Location
    Minneapolis, MN
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0209-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0209-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACC.2006.1655417
  • Filename
    1655417