Increasing efficiency in the supply chain for short shelf life goods using RFID tagging

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 529-536

  Kärkkäinen, Mikko ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Data encapsulation; Identification; Tagging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986146375     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550310497058     Document Type: Article

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