Abstract
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has gained increasing popularity in businesses to improve operational efficiency and maximise costs saving. However, there is a gap in the literature exploring the enhanced use of RFID to substantially add values to the supply chain operations, especially beyond what the RFID vendors could offer. This paper presents a multi-agent system, incorporating RFID technology, aimed at fulfilling the gap. The system is developed to model supply chain activities (in particular, logistics operations) and is comprised of autonomous and intelligent agents representing the key entities in the supply chain. With the advanced characteristics of RFID incorporated, the agent system examines ways logistics operations (i.e. distribution network) particular) can be efficiently reconfigured and optimised in response to dynamic changes in the market, production and at any stage in the supply chain.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2012 IEEE international conference on RFID-Technologies and Applications, RFID-TA 2012 |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 275-280 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4673-4656-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Event | 2012 IEEE international conference on RFID-Technologies and Applications - Nice, France Duration: 5 Nov 2012 → 7 Nov 2012 |
Conference
Conference | 2012 IEEE international conference on RFID-Technologies and Applications |
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Abbreviated title | RFID-TA 2012 |
Country/Territory | France |
City | Nice |
Period | 5/11/12 → 7/11/12 |
Keywords
- Distribution network
- outbound logistics
- RFID
- system efficiency