RFID Application in the Supply Chain
Abstract
This paper analyses the possibilities and ways of utilizingRFID as a tool for more effective supply and logistics chainmanagement. It focuses on RFID technology used within andacross logistics processes and it looks to RFID as one of thepossibilities for automating logistics processes. The benefitsand implications of RFID technology implementation in thesupply chain are illumined.References
La ran RFID (2004) '~basic introduction to RFID technology
and its use in the supply chain.'
McGinity, M. (2004). 'RFID: is this game of tag fair
play?' Communication of the ACM, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp.
- 18.
Metro group. Future store initiative.
RFID Journal. http://www.rfidjournal.com
Sarma, S. (2004). 'Integrating RFID.' QUEUE, October
, pp. 50-57.
Schindler, E. (2003). 'Location, location, location.'
Business: The 8'h layer, June 2003, pp. 11-14.
Shutzberg, L. (2004). 'Radio frequency identification
(RFID) in the consumer goods supply chain: mandated
compliance or remarkable innovation?' Rock-Tenn
Company.
Wachter, H., and Pleysier L. (2004) 'RF-tags for smart
logistics.' Flanders institute for logistics.
Want, R. (2004). 'The magic of RFID.' QUEUE, October
, pp. 41-48.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).