This paper presents an agent-based fuzzy constraintdirected negotiation mechanism for planning and scheduling in supply chain. The supply chain scheduling problem is modeled as a set of fuzzy constraint satisfaction problems (FCSPs), interlinked together by inter-agent constraints. For converging each distinct firm’s interests, the conflicts among the set of FCSPs are resolved through negotiati...

Supply chains are facing different types of uncertainty associated with today‘s business environment. Uncertainty in the supply chain may arise from a number of sources such as demand and supply interruptions, production/logistics capacity changes and lead time variability. To cope with this problem and lessen the impacts of such uncertainties, an effective strategy is to incorporate flexibilit...

The planning and management of supply chains require properly specifying the participating members and the relationships among them. Construction supply chains usually consist of numerous participants and are complex in structure. Representing construction supply chains using a network model can help understand the complexity, support re-configuration, identify the bottlenecks, and prioritize c...

The changing business environment in which manufacturers are acting creates the need for more effective production processes planning and control methods that are able to deal with uncertainties inherent in internal processes and external deliveries. The aim of the paper is to introduce the method for production planning and control applicable in conditions of supply chain (SC) able to overcome...

The focus of manufacturing planning and control has gradually expanded from (in-house) production activities towards all manufacturing and logistic activities in the supply chain. Planning of in-house operations is still very important, but the trends towards increased use of outsourcing and mass customisation require that customers and suppliers are able to exchange information frequently to c...

this paper is focused on the tactical design of steel supply chain (ssc). a general mathematical model is proposed to integrate production and transportation planning in multi-commodity ssc. the main purpose is to prepare a countrywide production and distribution plan in an ssc with three layers consisting of iron ore mines as suppliers, steel companies as producers, and subsidiary steel compan...