Agent-based simulation provides a methodology to investigate complex systems behavior, such as supply chains, while incorporating many empirical elements relative to both systems ...
Radio frequency identification (RFID) chips have been widely deployed in large-scale systems such as inventory control and supply chain management. While RFID technology has much...
We consider a supply–assembly–store chain with produce-to-stock strategy, which comprises a set of component suppliers, a mixed-model assembly line with a constantly moving co...
The Portuguese construction industry is, in an attempt to keep up with market demands, striving to maintain its competitiveness. The communication practices and policies throughou...
In this paper, we present the concept of a diversified SCM (supply chain management) standard and distributed hub architecture which were used in B2B experiments for the Japanese ...