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The changing role of information technology in food and beverage logistics management: beverage network optimisation using intelligent agent technology

机译：信息技术在食品和饮料物流管理中的作用不断变化：使用智能代理技术优化饮料网络

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The last decades, advances in information technologies and increased competition have changed the business environment in the food and beverages industry, particularly in the European Union, which is characterised by the proliferation of small and medium enterprises. Many food companies are now aggressively focusing on logistics management as the last frontier to gain and sustain a competitive advantage. This study describes a model of intelligent food supply chain that improves efficiency within the supply chain. The aim of the paper is to demonstrate that agent technology can optimise food supply chains by (a) reviewing intelligent agents applications for supply chain optimisation and (b) illustrating how a multi-agent system can optimise performance of a beverage logistics network. Firstly, we review and synthesise existing applications in comparison to traditional and Internet-based technologies and critically evaluate agent technology applicability for supply chain management. We model the beer supply network to demonstrate that products can acquire intelligence to direct themselves throughout the distribution network. Optimisation agents can help solve specific problems of beverage supply: reduce inventories and lessen bullwhip effect, improve communication, and enable chain coordination without adverse risk sharing. Further, they gain a capability to be purchased and sold while in transit. Overviews of the supporting technologies that make such a supply chain a reality are fully discussed. In particular, optimisation agents have the characteristics of autonomous action, being proactive, reactive, and able to communicate. We demonstrate that agents enhance the flexibility, information visibility, and efficiency of the supply chain management. Suggestions and recommendations for further research are provided. Simulations of the agent-enabled supply optimisation can be used to benchmark for future research and development associated with building an optimisation agent.
机译：在过去的几十年中，信息技术的进步和竞争的加剧改变了食品和饮料行业的商业环境，尤其是在以中小企业为代表的欧盟中。现在，许多食品公司都在积极地将物流管理作为获取和维持竞争优势的最后一个领域。这项研究描述了一种智能食品供应链模型，该模型可以提高供应链内的效率。本文的目的是通过（a）审查智能代理商在供应链优化中的应用，以及（b）说明多代理商系统如何优化饮料物流网络的绩效，来证明代理商技术可以优化食品供应链。首先，与传统技术和基于Internet的技术相比，我们对现有应用程序进行了审查和综合，并严格评估了代理技术在供应链管理中的适用性。我们对啤酒供应网络进行建模，以证明产品可以获取情报以指导自己在整个分销网络中的地位。优化代理可以帮助解决饮料供应的特定问题：减少库存并减轻牛鞭效应，改善沟通并实现链协调，而不会产生不利的风险共享。此外，它们还具有在运输过程中进行买卖的能力。充分讨论了使这种供应链成为现实的支持技术的概述。特别地，优化代理具有自主行动，主动，反应性和能够沟通的特征。我们证明代理可以增强供应链管理的灵活性，信息可见性和效率。提供了进一步研究的建议。启用代理的供应优化的模拟可用于基准测试，以与构建优化代理相关的未来研究和开发。

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