Agent technology for supporting real-time supply chain management

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 360-375

  Helaakoski, Heli ^a   Iskanius, Päivi ^b   Peltomaa, Irina ^a   Kipinä, Janne ^b   Ojala, Kaija ^c  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c Rautaruukki Corporation   (Finland)

Author keywords

agent technology application; steel product industry; supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548823367     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2006.011629     Document Type: Article

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