Partner selection in agile supply chains: a fuzzy intelligent approach

A Fuzzy Intelligent Information Agent Architecture for Supply Chains

Through the emergence of information and communication technologies and customer-oriented approaches in business and industry, for achieving competitive advantages and in order to remain at the top in every business, more exible and responsive supply chain systems are required. The next generation of supply chain systems must be agile, adaptive, cooperative, integrated and exible. Agent-based s...

Agile Supplier Selection In Sanitation Supply Chain Using Fuzzy VIKOR Method

Regarding to the diversified needs of domestic and global customers and various products of domestic and global competitors, importance of agility in supply chain management becomes more important. Suppliers have to provide materials and essential resources of manufacturers in a short time without any lead time.In this research, we identified many criteria for agility in sanitation supply chain...

Fuzzy revenue efficiency in sustainable supply chains

The performance assessment of supply chains including sustainability dimensions of economic, environmental and social is a significant aspect for managers and decision makers. Furthermore, imprecise data are presented in many real world applications. Therefore, the current paper proposes an approach based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) to analyze the revenue efficiency of sustainable supply...

Designing distribution centres for agile supply chains

Intelligent Agent Technology in Supply Chains

Firms are seeking competitive advantages through supply chain management (SCM) to stay competitive in today’s global market. An inevitable endeavor of SCM is to promote information transparency that enables firms to coordinate supply chain activities efficiently to better meet ever-changing customer demand. Effective SCM requires that the underlying information technology infrastructure of the ...