Sawmills are key elements of the forest product industry supply chain, and they play
important economic, social, and environmental roles. Sawmill production planning and …

In this paper, we review relevant literature on the development of multi-agent systems
applications for supply chain management. We give a general picture of the state of the art …

Agent-based distributed simulation is an efficient methodology for modelling and analysing
such complex adaptive systems as dynamic supply chain networks. However, it lacks an …

Effective business process collaboration between companies operating in a supply chain
can bring about important benefits, but several barriers need to be overcome. One important …

Due to short product life cycle, it is expedient to reconfiguration an existing supply chain from
time to time. Companies need to impose the standards on operational units for finding the …

Maturity is defined as a measure to evaluate the capabilities of an organization in regards to
a certain discipline. The Collaborative Planning Process is a very complex process and …

In theory, linkages between hierarchical forest management planning levels ensure
coherent disaggregation of long-term wood supply allocation as input for short-term demand …

Agent-based technology provides a natural approach to model supply chain networks. Each
production unit, represented by an agent, is responsible for planning its operations and uses …

The Canadian forest products industry has failed to retain its competitiveness in the global
markets because of the under-utilization of its resources. Supply chain optimization models …

In this study, a multi-agent system model is developed to observe the effects of ordering
parameters on a supply chain with lateral preventive transshipments. The proposed model …