Multi-Agents System Implementation for Supply Chain Management Making-Decision

Abstract

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a mutant and complex system which represents a competitive challenge that companies are facing. It aims to optimize the product, financial and information flows, that the company manages with its suppliers, retailers and customers. Existent computing technologies have some faults in complex systems modeling. Nevertheless, research works in multi-agent system (MAS) technology have shown that complex systems can be modeled in order to generate smart and efficient solutions. SCM is considered to be a MAS, where protagonists are represented by different agents. In addition, cooperation between actors in Agent-based SCM has been proven to be an effective mechanism for improving SCM performance. The aim of this paper is to provide a solution for decision-making problems in information systems used in SCM, where each phase in the SC has been developed as an agent allowing communication, coordination and negotiation among the agents to achieve business goals. The proposed MAS will be implemented using a Java Agent Development Framework (JADE) based on specific methods to enhance collaboration in the SCM.