Supplier Selection in Virtual Enterprise Model of Manufacturing Supply Network [chapter]

Toshiya Kaihara, Jayeola F. Opadiji
2009 IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology  
The market-based approach to manufacturing supply network planning focuses on the competitive attitudes of various enterprises in the network to generate plans that seek to maximize the throughput of the network. It is this competitive behaviour of the member units that we explore in proposing a solution model for a supplier selection problem in convergent manufacturing supply networks. We present a formulation of autonomous units of the network as trading agents in a virtual enterprise network
more » ... interacting to deliver value to market consumers and discuss the effect of internal and external trading parameters on the selection of suppliers by enterprise units.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-04568-4_35 fatcat:sqhx3okqwjerbld3txyut3q6e4