An e-releaser of production orders in the extended enterprise

Tatsiopoulos, IP; Ponis, ST; Hadzilias, EA

dc.contributor.author	Tatsiopoulos, IP	en
dc.contributor.author	Ponis, ST	en
dc.contributor.author	Hadzilias, EA	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:19:54Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:19:54Z
dc.date.issued	2004	en
dc.identifier.issn	0953-7287	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/15751
dc.subject	Apparel industry	en
dc.subject	Extended enterprise	en
dc.subject	Orders release	en
dc.subject	Software agents	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Industrial	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Manufacturing	en
dc.subject.classification	Operations Research & Management Science	en
dc.subject.other	Artificial intelligence	en
dc.subject.other	Electronic commerce	en
dc.subject.other	Information technology	en
dc.subject.other	Manufacturing data processing	en
dc.subject.other	Network protocols	en
dc.subject.other	Production engineering	en
dc.subject.other	Quality control	en
dc.subject.other	Technological forecasting	en
dc.subject.other	World Wide Web	en
dc.subject.other	Apparel industry	en
dc.subject.other	E-releaser tool	en
dc.subject.other	Information and communication technology	en
dc.subject.other	Production management	en
dc.subject.other	Virtual enterprises	en
dc.subject.other	Software agents	en
dc.title	An e-releaser of production orders in the extended enterprise	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1080/09537280410001662547	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537280410001662547	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2004	en
heal.abstract	This study has the objective to apply new Information and Communication Technologies (IGT) and multi-agent modelling concepts in order to support the business process of production orders release in extended/virtual enterprises. In a previous publication (Tatsiopoulos, Computers in Industry, 33, 335-344, 1997) an object-oriented orders release reference model has been defined as a link between production management and shop floor control software in the one-firm environment. This study's main objective is to extend this model in the multifirm extended enterprise, taking advantage of agent technology and the internet. The proposed solution is an integrated application called e-releaser, which is responsible for the order release process management in three different levels, these being the partner selection and order management, the material management and the capacity management level. Each one of these three sub processes is supported and managed by an agent based submodule of the e-releaser tool. Finally, the e-releaser application was field-tested in an industrial user of the apparel sector and gave rather satisfactory results in improving predefined business performance indicators such as process lead-time, process cost and cost per order.	en
heal.publisher	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD	en
heal.journalName	Production Planning and Control	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1080/09537280410001662547	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000220988600003	en
dc.identifier.volume	15	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	119	en
dc.identifier.epage	132	en