2007

Conférence

Wirtschaftinformatik Proceedings 2007, 92

We consider a supply chain consisting of n locations replenished at the beginning of each period
by a supplier. These locations may coordinate in order to balance their inventory level through
transshipment. Transshipment is the items transfer from location having an inventory excess to
another in need. The transshipment problem consists to determine the initial inventory level
where a transshipment policy is practiced. In this work, we consider the transshipment problem
characterized by a non-negligible transshipment lead times and a limited transportation mean
capacity. Our aim is to find a transshipment policy that reduces the inventory costs and improve
the customer fill-rates. To realize this aim, we proposed a new formal transshipment model in
which the period is divided into a set of sub-periods and the transshipment decision is made at
the end of one of them. We also introduced a multi-agent model allowing to simulate the
cooperated behavior of the inventory locations.

@article{himden2007multi,
  title={Multi-agent Simulation for the transshipment problem with a non-negligible transfer lead times and a limited transportation mean capacity},
  author={Himden, Mohamed and Ben Said, Lamjed and Gh{\'e}dira, Khaled},
  journal={Wirtschaftinformatik Proceedings 2007},
  pages={92},
  year={2007}
}