A framework of agent-based supply chain performance analysis system

Abstract

Supply chain management is a popular trend for intensive global competition, and the performance analysis plays an important role in improving supply chain. This paper introduces the basic of the supply chain management and performance analysis. We emphasize the importance of building the performance analysis system to evaluate the entire supply chain. Via reviewing the characteristics of supply chain and challenges in supply chain performance analysis. we design a framework of performance analysis system to meet the challenges in supply chain performance evaluation, and then give an application in this paper. © 2006 International Federation for Information Processing.