Study of Flexibility and Adaptability in Distributed Supply Chains
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چکیده
Uncertainties in demand and supply, which are two major contributions to system dynamics, are unavoidable attributes in supply chains. Agent technology has been a renowned enabler to achieve flexibility and adaptability, which are regarded as the distinctive characteristics of future supply chains, to overcome system dynamics (Chan and Chan, 2005). In order to testify the usefulness of these characteristics, a series of simulation study have been conducted by the authors to investigate the effects of these two characteristics on distributed supply chains, which are subject to uncertainty. In fact, this article aims at presenting the simulation results and drawing conclusion in relation to these two characteristics on supply chain dynamics.
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