Opadiji, JayeolaKaihara, Toshiya2019-06-032019-06-032008978-1-848-00267-8http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2033Value creation in manufacturing supply network often involves complex interactions among autonomous enterprises. Consistency is required in decisions made in all the planning stages if enterprises in such a supply network are to continuously have feasible and flexible plans which respond to volatile trading environments. We propose a virtual enterprise model based that integrates the strategic and tactical planning stages of materials procurement activity in a manufacturing supply network. In this model, each enterprise is represented as an agent participating in economic activities in multiple virtual markets. We employ a market-based approach to find satisficing tactical plan for in a supply network given strategic constraints.enVirtual EnterpriseResource DistributionSupply Network PlanningBook chapter