Demand Chain Optimization by Using Agent Technology
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چکیده
Modern multiagent technology can be applied fruitfully to supply chain or to be more precise to demand chain management. In current research there is not much discussed in this direction because today’s business processes are often characterized more by small solutions than by integrated ones. This paper will prove that this approach offers very new and challenging possibilities to manage demand chain networks keeping in mind future developments that are hard to predict. We claim that concerning every facet of logistics efficient information flows are essential. A short case study of an industrial setting with new high technology support will outline the concrete business approach and its benefits.
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