RFId-enabled Lateral Trans-shipments in the Fashion & Apparel Supply Chain

Riccardo Mogre, Alessandro Perego, Angela Tumino

2009

Abstract

There is a growing attention towards the application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFId) technology in the Fashion & Apparel supply chain. This paper describes a Lateral Trans-shipment replenishment policy enabled by item-level RFId tagging. In fact, in order to adopt a Lateral Trans-shipment policy, a firm should have an accurate visibility of both the inventory level in its warehouses and in each store. Such visibility can be provided by RFId technology. An analytical model has been developed to evaluate the convenience of applying a Lateral Trans-shipment policy, and the main managerial implications are discussed.

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in Harvard Style

Mogre R., Perego A. and Tumino A. (2009). RFId-enabled Lateral Trans-shipments in the Fashion & Apparel 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 117-124. DOI: 10.5220/0002201001170124


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iwrt09,
author={Riccardo Mogre and Alessandro Perego and Angela Tumino},
title={RFId-enabled Lateral Trans-shipments in the Fashion & Apparel Supply Chain},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges - Volume 1: IWRT, (ICEIS 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={117-124},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002201001170124},
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 - RFId-enabled Lateral Trans-shipments in the Fashion & Apparel Supply Chain
SN - 978-989-8111-94-4
AU - Mogre R.
AU - Perego A.
AU - Tumino A.
PY - 2009
SP - 117
EP - 124
DO - 10.5220/0002201001170124