Bullwhip effect reduction through multi-agent system using Jade tool

The bullwhip effect is the magnification of demand fluctuations, not the magnification of demand. Whenever demand increases and decreases, the bull whip effect are evident in a supply chain. When the supply chain is large, the issue becomes more complex. Also Bullwhip effect is caused from distortions in information along the supply chain Some of the bull whip effects are excess inventories, problems with quality, increased costs, overtime expenditures, lost customer service, lost sales and more. This leads to poor forecasting of sales, incorrect information along the supply chain. In order to solve bullwhip effect, it is proposed that Multi-agent based Supply chain management which ensures entire supply chain working on real time. Intention of our work is to develop a supply chain management application based on MAS and SOA and build a model how it can help in reducing bullwhip effect in a manufacturing unit. The Supply Chain Management application consists of three different services i.e. MAS, SOA and SCM. These services are designed, integrated and architected separately and brought them together using MAS and SOA technologies.