Design of Multi-agent Supply Chain System to Support Quick Response in Textile-Apparel Industry  

作　　者：徐琪 

机构地区：[1]Glorious Sun School of Business & Management,Donghua University

出　　处：《Journal of Donghua University(English Edition)》2007年第6期791-795,共5页东华大学学报（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.70772073);Shanghai Social Science Foundation(No.2007BZH001);Shanghai Natural Science Foundation(No.07ZR14003)

摘　　要：Owing to the fast growth of global market,textile and apparel industries which are a typical seasonal business are facing crucial challenges from both competitors and consumers.In order to get survived,forming supply chain and utilizing the emerged technology to establish a quick response system become an important common practice for enterprises in terms of cost reduction and efficiency improvement.This paper presents a multi-agent-based integrated framework for quick response in textile and apparel supply chain.By sharing information and collaborating among chain partner,the multi-agent system provides a promising computing paradigm for quick response business processes.A prototype based on the proposed framework is implemented using ZEUS toolkit.It presents how the proposed architecture is being designed to establish collaborative business environment by providing dynamic quick response processes.Owing to the fast growth of global market, textile and apparel industries which are a typical seasonal business are facing crucial challenges from both competitors and consumers. In order to get survived, forming supply chain and utilizing the emerged technology to establish a quick response system become an important common practice for enterprises in terms of cost reduction and efficiency improvement. This paper presents a multi-agent-based integrated framework for quick response in textile and apparel supply chain. By sharing information and collaborating among chain partner, the multi-agent system provides a promising computing paradigm for quick response business processes. A prototype based on the proposed framework is implemented using ZEUS toolkit. It presents how the proposed architecture is being designed to establish collaborative business environment by providing dynamic quick response processes.

关 键 词：MULTI-AGENT supply chain system textile-apparel ZEUS tool-kit quick response 

分 类 号：TP18[自动化与计算机技术—控制理论与控制工程] F274[自动化与计算机技术—控制科学与工程]