Web Based Supply Chain Management Using Agent Based Approach

The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the feasibility of agent technology to solve the problem on the lack of coordination within the supply chain members. Without proper coordination, sales and inventory control will not be synchronized accordingly, Improving Supply Chain Management System (SCM) is very important for increasing competitive position and profitability. Agent technology is the preferable technology for enabling a flexible and dynamic coordination of spatially distributed entities in SCM. This technology changes the metaphor for human computer interactive from direct manipulation by the user to indirect management through agent processes. Agent can autonomously perform a lot of coordination and everyday task on behalf of their users. The advantages of web-based SCM using agent technology are automated inventory control and purchase order as demonstrated by the prototype

Critical success factors of web-based supply-chain management systems : an exploratory study

Author name used in this publication: E. W. T. NgaiAuthor name used in this publication: T. C. E. Cheng2004-2005 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalAccepted ManuscriptPublishe

Why Is Web-based Supply Chain Management Popular in China? A Factor Endowment’s Perspective

Web-based system-to-human integration and direct system-to-system integration are alternative information technologies for supply chain management. Although the system-to-system mode is known to be more effective than the Web-based mode for data sharing, the web-based mode is dominant in the supply chain of Chinese firms. Is it a suboptimal or the most appropriate choice? We develop an analytical model to investigate how a manufacturer selects an optimal mode from competing technologies, including manual mode, Web-based mode and system-to-system mode. The contribution of this study is three-fold. First, the expected degree of information sharing influences the manufacturer’s selection. Manual mode is the optimal selection when the expected degree of information sharing is low, whereas system-to-system mode is the optimal choice when the expected degree is high. When the expected degree of information sharing is intermediate, Web-based mode is the optimal choice. Second, based on factor endowment theory, we find that labor endowment and technology endowment can influence the adoption intervals of these three modes. And third, when labor endowment is on the decline and technology endowment is on the rise in the early stage, the Web-based mode is the optimal choice than manual mode or system-to-system mode. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed

Using A Web-Based Supply Chain Management Simulation As An Experiential Learning Tool Across The Business Curriculum

A web based version of the common “Beer Distribution Game” that facilitates experiential learning was developed and tested for use across the business curriculum. While the fundamental elements of the original paper based game were preserved, the web-based on-line multiplayer version offers refinements to game play, administration and debriefing that allow more focus on the learning experience and open possible applications beyond the traditional one-time demonstration of the bullwhip effect. The web-based supply chain management simulation was tested and refined in Strategic Management courses and Integrated Business Curriculum courses at two widely separated universities. Students responded favorably to the on-line simulation and were very willing to reflect on what they learned about how they made decisions, how worked under conditions of uncertainty, how they treated information and how they worked in the supply chain environment. The simulation can be used to demonstrate systems thinking and various other concepts throughout the business school curriculum including courses in Operations Management, Strategy, Information Systems, and Marketing

Using a Web-Based Supply Chain Management Simulation as an Experiential Learning Tool Across The Business Curriculum

A web based version of the common Beer Distribution Game that facilitates experiential learning was developed and tested for use across the business curriculum. While the fundamental elements of the original paper based game were preserved, the web-based on-line multiplayer version offers refinements to game play, administration and debriefing that allow more focus on the learning experience and open possible applications beyond the traditional one-time demonstration of the bullwhip effect. The web-based supply chain management simulation was tested and refined in Strategic Management courses and Integrated Business Curriculum courses at two widely separated universities. Students responded favorably to the on-line simulation and were very willing to reflect on what they learned about how they made decisions, how worked under conditions of uncertainty, how they treated information and how they worked in the supply chain environment. The simulation can be used to demonstrate systems thinking and various other concepts throughout the business school curriculum including courses in Operations Management, Strategy, Information Systems, and Marketing

Supply Chain Management: from Linear Interactions to Networked Processes

Supply Chain Management is a distinctive product, with a tremendous impact on the software applications market. SCM applications are back-end solutions intended to link suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and resellers in a production and distribution network, which allows the enterprise to track and consolidate the flows of materials and data trough the process of manufacturing and distribution of goods/services. The advent of the Web as a major means of conducting business transactions and business-tobusiness communications, coupled with evolving web-based supply chain management (SCM) technology, has resulted in a transition period from “linear” supply chain models to "networked" supply chain models. The technologies to enable dynamic process changes and real time interactions between extended supply chain partners are emerging and being deployed at an accelerated pace

Supply Chain Management: from Linear Interactions to Networked Processes

Supply Chain Management is a distinctive product, with a tremendous impact on the software applications market. SCM applications are back-end solutions intended to link suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and resellers in a production and distribution network, which allows the enterprise to track and consolidate the flows of materials and data trough the process of manufacturing and distribution of goods/services. The advent of the Web as a major means of conducting business transactions and business-tobusiness communications, coupled with evolving web-based supply chain management (SCM) technology, has resulted in a transition period from “linear†supply chain models to "networked" supply chain models. The technologies to enable dynamic process changes and real time interactions between extended supply chain partners are emerging and being deployed at an accelerated pace.e-Business, supply chain, globalization, digital democracy, RFID, web-based SCM