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	Title:	Effective management of dynamic and multiple supply chains
	Author:	Ricardo J. Rabelo, Alexandra A. Pereira-Klen, Edmilson R. Klen
	Address:	Departments of Automation and Systems, and Mechanical Engineering, G-SIGMA – Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Group, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. ' Departments of Automation and Systems, and Mechanical Engineering, G-SIGMA – Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Group, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. ' Departments of Automation and Systems, and Mechanical Engineering, G-SIGMA – Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Group, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
	Journal:	International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations 2004 - Vol. 2, No.3  pp. 193 - 208
	Abstract:	This paper presents a system called SC2 (supply chain smart coordination), a multi-agent system which was developed based on the business intelligence paradigm in order to better support the management of dynamic and multiple supply chains inside a virtual enterprise scenario. SC2 offers an integrated and global environment for coordinating the execution of business processes in the production, distribution and sales chains, according to the virtual enterprise life cycle. Via a lean interface based on XML and CORBA, SC2 can obtain reliable, timely and interoperable information from the supply chain members, comprising a number of heterogeneous information sources and legacy systems. Results are presented and discussed at the end of the paper.
	Keywords:	supply chain management; SCM; supply chain coordination; multi-agent systems; agent-based systems; business intelligence; virtual enterprise; dynamic supply chains; multiple supply chains.
	DOI:	10.1504/IJNVO.2004.005487
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