A Proposal on agent-based production planning in integrated supply network

Abstract

We propose models that focus on the improvement of flexibility in manufacturing supply networks by enabling a tighter information coupling between the various planning levels without tampering with the autonomy of enterprises which are geographically distributed. The problem is approached from the perspective of social network planning using a community of agents. These agents have unique properties which they exhibit at different planning levels. Characterization of agents in the models is discussed.