Mass Customization Supply Chain Schedule Based on Multiple Ant Colony Algorithm

Deficiencies of existing Mass Customization(MC) supply chain schedule models are summarized.According to the characteristics of distributed schedule and large scaled computing,a MC supply chain schedule model is designed.Multiple ant colony algorithm is introduced to achieve this scheduling model.Collaborations among ant colonies distributed in different location of supply chain fully takes the advantages of whole computing resources of supply chain,obtained fairly solving speed,and fulfilled schedule requirements of multi-order including supplier selection and inter-enterprise schedule.Practical manufacture instance is used to prove the algorithm's validity,stability and order adaptability.