A systematical approach to improve supply chain: An application of RFID technology on cargo transportation

Author

Kao, C.E. ; Hung, P.C.

Author_Institution

Syst. Design & Manage. Program, Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

8-11 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1484

Lastpage

1488

Abstract

This paper proposes a systematical approach for redesigning a secure and efficient supply chain. A real international trading case of transporting cargos from an offshore bonded warehouse to a domestic one is used to demonstrate. Through supply chain architecture analysis, system boundaries, interfaces, and value related operands are defined. With System Dynamics analysis, feedback and relations of actions to the goals are studied, and potential options are evaluated. Then a prototype of the selected option is implemented to gather further information for future improvement. The two elements, RFID and UCR, applied for improving supply chain, and how they work in the prototype are explained.

Keywords

radiofrequency identification; supply chain management; RFID technology; cargo transportation; efficient supply chain; international trading; offshore bonded warehouse; system dynamics analysis; Costs; Government; Information security; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Prototypes; Radiofrequency identification; Road transportation; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Technology management; Radio frequency identification; Supply chain architecture; Supply chain security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2009. IEEM 2009. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4869-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4870-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEM.2009.5373074

Filename

5373074