Title :
Impacts of RFID/EPC on Optimal Decisions of Reverse Supply Chain
Author :
Qiaolun, Gu ; Tiegang, Gao
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. Eng., Tianjin Univ. of Technol. & Educ., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
In reverse supply chain, the quantity of collected used-products is the crucial factor to the total profit. However, the quantity of collected used-products is uncertain and this uncertainty will result in the loss of the total profit. RFID/EPC can help to reduce this uncertainty by using real-time monitoring. In this paper, we will study the optimal decisions of the quantity of collected used-products in reverse supply chain under two different cases: with and without RFID/EPC, and give the analysis of the impacts of RFID/EPC on the optimal decisions.
Keywords :
radiofrequency identification; reverse logistics; supply chain management; RFID-EPC; collected used-product quantity; electronic product code; optimal decisions; radio-frequency identification; real-time monitoring; reverse supply chain; Equations; Gaussian distribution; Monitoring; Radiofrequency identification; Real time systems; Supply chains; Uncertainty; RFID/EPC; optimal decision; reverse supply chain;
Conference_Titel :
Business Computing and Global Informatization (BCGIN), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0788-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4464-9
DOI :
10.1109/BCGIn.2011.135
