공급사슬에서의 구매자의 수요를 고려한 생산자의 제품할당 정책

Abstract

In the current global business environment, it is very important how to allocate products from the producer to buyers (or distributors). Sometimes some buyers can order more than pertinent demand due to inappropriate forecasting customers’ orders. This is the big obstacle to the efficient allocation of products. If the producer can become aware of buyers’ pertinent demand, it is possible to realize the high-level order fulfillment through the effective allocation of products. In this study, a new allocation policy is proposed considering buyers’ demands. The backpropagation algorithm, one of algorithms in neural network theory, is used to find pertinent demands from the distributors’ orders. In the experiment, an allocation policy considering buyers’ demands outperforms previous allocation policies