Proposing a framework based on multi-agent systems for real-time supply chain coordination

Nowadays, effective supply chain coordination is a thing that every organization in every aspect needs it significantly. Coordinating inter and intra-organization processes, is considered as one of the key issues in supply chain management. Following the thinking and reasoning of human being and based on the existing knowledge and what they learn from environment, modern tools of artificial intelligence, such as multi-agent systems, are able to control systems’ lifecycle and manage it with their interaction and negotiation. In this paper, details of a conceptual multi-agent based framework and steps to simulate and implement for such system is proposed.