RFID Technology to Support Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Dukovska-Popovska, I., Lim, M.K. , Steger-Jensen, K. and Hvolby, H.-H. (2010) RFID Technology to Support Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chain Management. In: 2010 IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technology and Applications, Guangzhou, China, 17-19 June 2010, ISBN 9781424467006 (doi: 10.1109/RFID-TA.2010.5529916)

Abstract

RFID is one of the contemporary technologies that has the potential to enable improved data gathering and cross-companies integration, and thus achieve cost efficiency. However, RFID has not yet become primary approach to collect data from the supply chain activities. This is partly due to (relative) high cost of implementation, partly due to technical deficiencies, as well as cross-company systems integration issues. This paper discusses a potential application area for RFID technology, which is environmentally sustainable supply chain management. The paper discusses the current practices in green supply chain management, and proposes possible applications of RFID enabling green supply chain management. The paper also proposes an idea of ad hoc RFID systems which are rapidly deployable and require minimal, if at all, pre-existing infrastructure.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Lim, Professor Ming
• Authors: Dukovska-Popovska, I., Lim, M.K., Steger-Jensen, K., and Hvolby, H.-H.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Management
• ISBN: 9781424467006