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Supply Chain Design
Published in Sunderesh S. Heragu, Facilities Design, 2022
Because products travel large distances via multiple modes changing multiple hands, it is important for the producer and consumer of goods to be assured of safety, quality, and reliability in the distribution chain. Manufacturers use radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to track and trace products through the supply chain. An RFID system consists of tags that contain a micro-chip and contain a unique identification code (Figure 2.7). The tag has an antenna to send and receive signals from a reader. The reader, which also has an antenna, sends out electromagnetic waves through the antenna. The tag receives the signal and is charged with sufficient energy to send back a response. The reader decodes the response waves into a unique digital ID, which is then entered into a remote server. Whereas bar code readers can only identify a brand of products, for example, all Special K cereal boxes of a certain size are identified via the same bar code, the RFID tag allows us to track each Special K box individually. Companies have identified numerous benefits with the ability to track units individually. One of the biggest advantages is that, unlike bar-coding systems, RFID does not require a line of sight for identification. Furthermore, it helps in tracking and tracing specific shipments throughout the supply chain, providing distribution visibility to the customer, recalling products manufactured on a certain day, plant, or lot for safety and other reasons, minimizing theft, loss, shrinkage, and maximizing availability of products on the shelf.
Innovation in Global Supply Chain Management
Published in Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Vikas Kumar, Juan Luis Martinez-Covarrubias, Ming K. Lim, Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century, 2017
Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Vikas Kumar, Juan Luis Martinez-Covarrubias, Ming K. Lim
As discussed in the previous section, the visibility of operations at a global scale is an issue; therefore, investing in technology and the information system would be essential to increase the visibility to ensure that any ramification could be put in place in case of any supply chain disruption. For example, RFID has been a popular automatic track and trace tool in the market to provide real-time information and status of tagged items in the supply chain. Any irregularity when transporting items from one stage to another in the supply chain will be made aware almost instantly. As the global market is subject to a higher degree of uncertainty and variation of demands and expectations, information technology (IT) such as EDI, vendor/supplier-managed inventory (VMI/SMI), WMS, customer-managed order, quick response (QR), efficient consumer response (ECR), and collaborative planning forecasting and replenishment (CPFR), could be implemented and integrated to better manage the extended operations and strengthen the partnership with offshore suppliers or customers. More on technology innovation will be discussed in the following section.
Technology and traceability in Halal logistics
Published in Nor Aida Abdul Rahman, Azizul Hassan, Hajjah Zawiah Abdul Majid, Halal Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2022
Mohd Farid Shamsudin, Hajjah Zawiah Abdul Majid
The development of technology in the twenty-first century has enabled various GPS and internet-based equipment and applications such as “tracking and tracing” or “track and trace” to be created. Track and trace is one of the technologies that allows supply companies to monitor a trip without stopping (Zainuddin et al., 2020). With track and trace, delivery and product supply companies can ensure that travel and transportation processes in the value chain can be tracked and monitored (Mohamed et al., 2016). This is following the implementation of the Halal process to guarantee and eliminate doubts among consumers.
Inferring sources of substandard and falsified products in pharmaceutical supply chains
Published in IISE Transactions, 2023
Eugene Wickett, Matthew Plumlee, Karen Smilowitz, Souly Phanouvong, Victor Pribluda
With recent developments in technology for medical products regulation, there are opportunities for new approaches for PMS sampling and data analysis. Hamilton et al. (2016) reviewed policies for combating SFPs under testing uncertainty and called for a methodology that accounts for testing accuracy. The growth of track-and-trace technology, where bar-coded products are followed from manufacturer to outlet, can provide important supply-chain data to improve regulation (Rotunno et al., 2014; Pisani et al., 2019). However, the implementation of full track-and-trace systems is resource-intensive. Low-cost screening tools that supplement expensive and centrally located laboratory testing are well-suited to many low- and middle-income settings despite their decreased accuracy. Chen et al. (2021) demonstrated that low-cost screening tools have the potential to locate SFPs more cost-effectively than the exclusive use of high-performance laboratory testing.
Managing the food supply chain in the age of digitalisation: a conceptual approach in the fisheries sector
Published in Production Planning & Control, 2021
Adrian E. Coronado Mondragon, Christian E. Coronado Mondragon, Etienne S. Coronado
In recent years supply chain and logistics operations have been active adopting IoT solutions. For example container tracking usually relies on RFID tags which are attached to containers, boxes and pallets included in the shipment and then recorded at a number of points along the way (Harris, Wang, and Wang 2015). RFID tags are widely used to track and trace different types of cargoes. The RFID tag may be attached directly to the cargo or carried by the driver/operator of a haulage vehicle. Apart from RFID, IoT can be related with more technologies such as wireless sensor networks (WSN), barcodes, intelligent sensing, low energy wireless communications, cloud computing and others (Li, Xu, and Zhao 2015). The delivery function is one of the main important tasks of logistics which involves planning and control of flow and storage of goods and services (Ben-Daya, Hassini, and Bahroun 2017).
A sustainable production capability evaluation mechanism based on blockchain, LSTM, analytic hierarchy process for supply chain network
Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2020
Zhi Li, Hanyang Guo, Ali Vatankhah Barenji, W. M. Wang, Yijiang Guan, George Q. Huang
In an enterprise, source layer refers to carriers of data reflecting enterprise production capability information. It includes workers, equipment, products, conveyances and another source. The perception layer refers to the IoT devices and sensing devices to collect real-time data from the data source. The IoT devices are carried by or mounted to the workers, production equipment, products, conveyances, and other sources of the enterprise. For workers, the IoT devices refer to wearable and smart devices such as smart watches, smart gloves, smart helmets, PDAs and so on. These devices keep track of employees’ condition during the working time by monitoring the signals obtained. For example, wearable devices collect the working time, activity route and health signals to reflect the working condition of workers. For equipment, IoT devices are mounted to the machines, and installed at the production lines and workshops. For example, different sensors and counters, such as sound sensors, pressure sensors, temperature sensors, are used to monitor the working condition of the equipment, the throughput, and product quality. For products, RFID tags can be mounted for track and trace the movement of the products. For conveyances, GPS, RFID and IoT devices are used to track the transport routes, they can also record transport distance and transport time.