Multi-Agent Speciality Stores Network Distribution Management System

Speciality Stores Network Distribution Management System (SSNDMS) is a Distribution Resource Planning System which sales endpoints are speciality stores. Through it, enterprise can attain the information from marketing channels timely, and have the ability to supervise its speciality stores, and can make material flow plan for guaranteeing the meet of market demand and makes up for a lot of the warehouse. DRP links the supplier and distributor together organically through the internet and offers a kind of brand-new mode for the business and cooperation with the enterprise's trade partners.This new mode can overcome some problems that exist in traditional speciality stores. For example, each speciality store does things in its own way and lacks the uniform material flow scheduling;sales data of speciality store can not quickly be feed backed to the headquarters, which can not make enterprise have fast reaction to the changes of market. Speciality Stores Network Distribution Management System integrated the information of every speciality store, which makes for forming agile supply chain and improving reaction ability of enterprise.The agent theory is introduced into the management domain of speciality stores network distribution for realizing intelligent. Whole system divided into three parts: Speciality Store POS System (SSPOS), Distributed Data Integration System (DDIS) and Network Distribution Management System (NDMS). The network distribution management system is based on the workflow engine, and the distributed data integration system links the POS system and NDMS system. Multi-Agent theory is applied to Speciality Stores Network Distribution Management System for modeling and designing it. The major works is following:Agent-based architectural model of speciality store distribution management system is constructed. Specially, in the distributed data integration and the workflow engine, the agent theory is discussed in detail.Agent-based data integration framework is proposed, which realizes the data integration using well steady mail system in the distributing environment.Petri Net -based workflow modeling technology is investigated and mapping between Petri Net and workflow is discussed. Then, the task scheduling of this workflow engine is discussed. Especially, two kinds of implement mechanisms of scheduling are analyzed in detail, which are synchronous interaction pattern and asynchronous interaction pattern. In design, .NET Remoting technology and fundamental SOA design principles is applied.In design of Multi-Agent Speciality Stores Network Distribution Management System, business logic and system realization is fully decoupled to provide flexibility and adaptability of system for dynamically extending system.