Procurement is an essential operation of every organization regardless its size or domain. As such, aggregating the demands could lead to better value-for-money due to: (1) lower bulk prices; (2) larger vendor tendering; (3) shipping and handling fees; (4) reduced legal administration overheads. This paper describes our experience in developing AI solution for demand aggregation deploying it A*...

Real-world manufacturing supply chain systems are characterised by imprecise and dynamic factors. As a result, decision-making takes place in a complex, dynamic and fuzzy environment in which managerial goals and the impacts of possible actions are not precisely known. In a demand driven manufacturing supply chain system, the presence of a fuzzy demand is a serious cause for concern. The presen...

Orientation: It is apparent that the conventional view of business ideas being born out needs society re-conceptualised with introduction new technologies and as environment increases in complexity. Research purpose: This study set to understand how rapid advances technology have impacted basic assumptions for demand, expressed in, example, van der Heijden’s Business Idea model, comprehend thes...

The rapid increase in the number of cars has caused many problems such as “cruising for parking” and “parking illegally”. Demand-driven dynamic parking pricing mechanism is an effective method to dynamically regulate demand, thus reducing problems. In this research, we conducted a large on-street surveys business districts Beijing. A location choice model decision ru...