Intelligent planning and control of manufacturing supply chains in virtual enterprises

This article addresses the methodological problem of formal representation and mathematical modelling of flexible configurable supply chains (SC) in virtual enterprises (VE). The particular feature of this problem lies in high level of complexity and uncertainty in VE. The classic methods do not allow developing of practicable complex models with the sufficient degree of flexibility and taking into account the goal-oriented (active) behaviour of enterprises. We consider the SC planning and control in VE at the conceptual level and introduce an integrated approach for complex modeling and optimisation of SC in VE. This approach is based on combination of classic and multi-agent approaches, adaptive planning and control, and multiple-model complexes. The planning, monitoring and reconfiguration of SC are considered complex based on the unified methodological principles. It allows interconnecting of planning and control models as well as adaptation of models to the current execution environment.