Multi-Agent Based Smart System for Supply Chain Management

The supply chain comprises numerous components/ identities as suppliers, manufacturers, factories, warehouses, distributing agents, etc. These personalities are engaged in delivering raw materials, and components, which are reassembled at the factory to make a final product. With the rising relevance of computer-based communication technologies, communication networks are increasingly vital in supply chain management. Given the aims of the supply chain: to have the appropriate items in the right amounts, at the right location, at the right time, and minimum cost, supply chain management is positioned at the intersection of many professional sectors. This is especially the construction case, as the structure requires its manufacturing the include many industrial items. This study focuses on the continuous development and research activities of MAS (Multi-Agent System) for supply chain management and gives the primary methods to supply chain communications as utilized largely in manufacturing industries.