Real-Time Traceability and Intelligent Product Management in the Supply Chain

Taxiarchis Belis, Stelios Tsafarakis, Anastasios Doulamis

2009

Abstract

In this paper we present an architecture that provides enterprises with the opportunity to apply a low cost traceability system which allows for the complete transparency of products in the supply chain. The proposed traceability system uses the RSS 2.0 format, while a product classification ontology is developed in order to enable intelligent product management. The above technologies are incorporated into an RFID architecture. The deployment of RFID technology in the supply chain is expected to increase significantly the amount of product data, raising the need of adoption of an effective ontology-based model for intelligent product information management.

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in Harvard Style

Belis T., Tsafarakis S. and Doulamis A. (2009). Real-Time Traceability and Intelligent Product Management in the Supply Chain . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges - Volume 1: IWRT, (ICEIS 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-94-4, pages 91-102. DOI: 10.5220/0001996300910102


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iwrt09,
author={Taxiarchis Belis and Stelios Tsafarakis and Anastasios Doulamis},
title={Real-Time Traceability and Intelligent Product Management in the Supply Chain},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges - Volume 1: IWRT, (ICEIS 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={91-102},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001996300910102},
isbn={978-989-8111-94-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges - Volume 1: IWRT, (ICEIS 2009)
TI - Real-Time Traceability and Intelligent Product Management in the Supply Chain
SN - 978-989-8111-94-4
AU - Belis T.
AU - Tsafarakis S.
AU - Doulamis A.
PY - 2009
SP - 91
EP - 102
DO - 10.5220/0001996300910102