Using item-attendant information and communications technologies to improve supply chain visibility

IET Conference Publications

Volumn , Issue 528 CP, 2007, Pages 172-180

  Griffiths, J L ^a   Phelan, A ^b   Osman, K A ^a   Furness, A ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c European Centre for Automatic Identification and Data Capture   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDC; Data capture; Identification; Item attendant ICT; RFID; Supply chain visibility

Indexed keywords

AIDC; DATA CAPTURE; IDENTIFICATION; ITEM-ATTENDANT ICT; RFID; SUPPLY CHAIN VISIBILITY;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FACE RECOGNITION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; VISIBILITY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 67649188706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp:20070024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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