Design of an intelligent agent-based supply chain simulation system

Author

Wang, Yucheng ; Fang, Liping

Author_Institution

Ryerson Univ., Toronto

fYear

2007

fDate

7-10 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

1836

Lastpage

1841

Abstract

An intelligent agent-based supply chain simulation system is designed, in which a supply chain entity is represented by an agent. There are six layers in this system: raw material providers, component manufacturers, product assemblers, product holders, retailers, and final customers. A detailed agent structure is presented and various functions of the agent are described. Moreover, communication activities among agents are discussed. By using the proposed system, issues in supply chain integration, information sharing among supply chain partners, demand forecasting, supply chain risk management, and automated communication and negotiation, could be simulated and studied.

Keywords

cooperative systems; demand forecasting; risk management; supply chain management; component manufacturers; demand forecasting; final customers; information sharing; intelligent agent-based supply chain simulation system; product assemblers; product holders; raw material providers; retailers; supply chain risk management; Collaboration; Costs; Demand forecasting; Intelligent agent; Risk management; Semiconductor device manufacture; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Technology management; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2007. ISIC. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0990-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0991-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2007.4414189

Filename

4414189