Abstract
In the age of information proliferation and communication advances, Cooperative Information System (CIS) technology becomes a vital factor for inter-enterprise cooperation in every modern extended enterprise. In fact, extended enterprise must hold to new strategic, economic and organizational structures in order to face new challenges. Consequently, intelligent software based on agent technology emerges to improve system design on the one hand, and to increase enterprise competitive position on the other hand. In this paper, a new Extended Enterprise Multi-Agent Information System (MAIS-E-2) model is proposed toward an integrated logistic system. MAIS-E-2 is a collection of stationary and intelligent agent-agencies with specialized expertises, interacting to carry out the common objectives Then the architecture, of different types of MAIS-E-2 agents, is detailed. Finally, the main features of "Co-operator" agents agency, the key elements of MAIS-E-2 model functioning and inter-enterprise cooperation, are described in detail.