A Multi-agent Approach for Analysing Material Flow in a Manufacturing Supply Chain
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چکیده
In the last decade, supply chain operations have received tremendous attention in manufacturing and business sectors due to an increasingly challenging marketplace. This paper presents a multi-agent approach for analysing material flow in a manufacturing supply chain under information sharing. The model is capable of handling complex networks with many tiers, each tier with many business units and complex interactions among them. We have discussed the multi-agent architecture and run simulations for analysing the operational aspects under both deterministic and stochastic demand. This will allow companies to quantify different interacting parameters in the supply chain and support improvement in operations.
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