Research on Negotiation of Manufacturing Enterprise Supply Chain Based on Multi-agent

In the multi-agent system of manufacturing enterprise supply chain, each node enterprise has different demands on the price, quality, cost, delivery time, quantity, response time, service conditions and other factors, that will cause lots of conflicts between supply chain partners, and negotiation is the basic means to solve these conflicts. In this paper, a multi-objective negotiation model will be presented, and then negotiating tactics and steps between purchasing agent and supplier agent will be discussed. Next, an example is discussed and simulated by computer technology for validating the negotiating model. It is helpful to save negotiation time and improve negotiation efficiency, and optimize the manufacturing enterprise supply chain management. Based on this, manufacturing enterprise can maximize the benefits and improve the operational efficiency of supply chain.

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