Incorporating business process management into RFID-enabled application systems

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 932-953

  Zhao, Xiaohui ^a   Liu, Chengfei ^b   Lin, Tao ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Amitive Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Process management; Radio frequencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149394984     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637151011093008     Document Type: Article

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