Supply chain product visibility: Methods, systems and impacts

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 176-194

  Musa, Ahmed ^a   Gunasekaran, Angappa ^b   Yusuf, Yahaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture design; RFID; Sensor networks; Tracking and tracing

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE DESIGNS; CHAIN PRODUCTS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; REVERSE LOGISTICS; TRACKING AND TRACING; USER REQUIREMENTS;

MANUFACTURE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SALES; SENSOR NETWORKS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SURVEYS;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 84885182389     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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