Abstract
The definition of cluster supply chain (CSC) is proposed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) realize â??ant colony effectâ? and gain more profits. Considering CSC is a complex adaptive dynamic system, it is still in the initial stage and the problem of evolution is difficult to solve by static method. This paper builds a two-stage supply chain evolution model based on computational experiment and generates Agent models. The evolution model is extended to three-stage supply chain model in simulation to research the influence factors of network evolution and predict the effectiveness of service support system, supporting the development of CSC. Preliminary results show that the evolution model can provide the reference for the development of CSC.
Highlights
With the advent of the era of economic globalization, it brings about tremendous development opportunities for enterprises and causes them to face unprecedented challenges at the same time
This paper takes the coordination procurement of cluster supply chain (CSC) as background, uses computational experiment to build an evolution model through simulating the enterprise behaviors and interactions. It adopts the technologies of Agent [4,5] to build models in the cluster, emerging overall behaviors and evolution of CSC network from the bottom up based on the interaction between enterprises
The evolution of CSC network develops four stages according to Agent models, including the first stage: procurement enterprises only procure without coordination, the second stage: procurement enterprises procure firstly and coordinate lately, the third stage: procurement enterprises coordinate firstly and procure lately and the fourth stage: procurement enterprises procure with a service support system
Summary
With the advent of the era of economic globalization, it brings about tremendous development opportunities for enterprises and causes them to face unprecedented challenges at the same time. The research of CSC is still in its initial stage [3]: on one hand, the research about CSC is more from economics and management at the current stage. The method of computational experiment can simulate the interactions between enterprises, whole emergence and evolution process of CSC, so CSC can be researched thoroughly. This paper takes the coordination procurement of CSC as background, uses computational experiment to build an evolution model through simulating the enterprise behaviors and interactions. It adopts the technologies of Agent [4,5] to build models in the cluster, emerging overall behaviors and evolution of CSC network from the bottom up based on the interaction between enterprises
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