Agent System Application as a Tool for Inventory Management Improvement

Proceedings of Eighth International Conference on Soft Computing, Computing with Words and Perceptions in System Analysis, Decision and Control 2015
Darja Plinere, Ludmila Aleksejeva

This paper presents one of the supply chain tasks – inventory management. Effective inventory management includes ABC classification, demand forecasting techniques and replenishment policies. Firstly, the analysis of assembling company’s inventory management existing situation is presented, and then inventory management improvement is proposed. We consider that agent system can be an effective tool for inventory management, and our system can be fully autonomous or as decision support system, when inventory manager according to agent calculation results makes the global decision on assembling scheduling.

Keywords
ABC classification, agent system, forecasting methods, inventory management, replenishment

Plinere, D., Aleksejeva, L. Agent System Application as a Tool for Inventory Management Improvement. In: Proceedings of Eighth International Conference on Soft Computing, Computing with Words and Perceptions in System Analysis, Decision and Control, Turkey, Antalya, 3-4 September, 2015. Antalya: 2015, pp.157-166.

Publication language
English (en)