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To evaluate the strengths coming from an intelligent system embedded within the CPFR process, several experiments in different conditions were conducted using simulation tool.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The analysis of experimental results points out that the agent\u2010driven negotiation process (by comparison to CPFR without intelligent agents) benefits in terms of costs, inventory level, stock\u2010out level and sales.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study represents a one\u2010to\u2010one scenario, in which only two trading partners collaborate. 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