RFID benefits, costs, and possibilities: The economical analysis of RFID deployment in a cruise corporation global service supply chain

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 692-702

  Véronneau, Simon ^a   Roy, Jacques ^b  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cruise ships; Global operations; RFID deployment; Service supply chain; Technology evaluation

Indexed keywords

CRUISE SHIPS; GLOBAL OPERATIONS; RFID DEPLOYMENT; SERVICE SUPPLY CHAIN; TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION;

PROFITABILITY; SHIPS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 70350575770     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.06.038     Document Type: Article

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