Collaborative supply chain planning using the artificial neural network approach

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 787-796

  Chiu, Matthew ^a   Lin, Grier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Manufacturing resource planning; Neural nets; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; CONTRACTS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MANUFACTURING RESOURCE PLANNING; NEURAL COMPUTING; RESOURCE UTILIZATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM); SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING (SCP); SWARM INTELLIGENCE;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 10444274970     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380410565375     Document Type: Article

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