Peer-to-peer inventory management of returnable transport items: A design science approach

Computers in Industry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-274

  Mason, Alex ^a   Shaw, Andy ^a   Al Shamma'A, Ahmed ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inventory; Packaged gas; Returnable transport item; RFID; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN SCIENCE; INVENTORY; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PEER TO PEER; RETURNABLE TRANSPORT ITEM; RFID TECHNOLOGY; ROBUST IDENTIFICATION; WIRELESS SENSOR;

GAS CYLINDERS; GAS INDUSTRY; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 84857794098     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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