Aggregate Collaborative Planning in Non-hierarchical Business Networks

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2011

Authors

Ricardo Almeida (Author) Other; Cesar Toscano (Author) Other; Luis Carneiro (Author) Other; Americo Azevedo (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: ADAPTATION AND VALUE CREATING COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS

Pages: 465-474

12th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises (PRO-VE 2011)

Sao Paulo, BRAZIL, OCT 17-19, 2011

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 2 Citations

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Industrial biotechnology

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-W6S

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23330-2_51

Abstract (EN): The last decade has been characterized by times of change, including increasing levels of globalization and competition. Collaboration allowed SMEs to respond effectively to the development of new complex products and services but presented new barriers concerning the management of their business processes and relations with partners. This paper presents a new collaborative aggregate planning for non-hierarchical business networks, where SMEs collaborate in the selection of partners and definition of the operations plan required to specify, manufacture and distribute a custom made products. The proposed approach is based on negotiations undertaken by the partners in order to promote the creation of alternative operations plans and allow a multicriteria evaluation of the involved costs and delivery dates. The proposed approach promotes the reduction of communication between partners, a reactive analysis of changes to planning and associated impact, enhancement of trust (since all partners have the same weight on the decision process).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10