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The Use of Mobile and Wireless Technology and Food
Quality Control in China
Shuhua Monica Liu
Fudan University
No 220, Handan Road,
Yangpu District, Shanghai,
PRC
86-21-55665676
shuhua.monica.liu@gm
ail.com
Qianli Yuan
Fudan University
No 220, Handan Road,
Yangpu District, Shanghai,
PRC
86-21-55665676
qianliyuan1990@gmail.
com
ABSTRACT
The surge of product quality and safety control issue has become
one of the top concerns country wide in recent years. Citizens,
academics and nonprofit organizations urged government
agencies to further refine product quality supervision strategies.
The purpose of this paper focuses on interaction between ICT and
production control, supply, and inspection system.
Categories and Subject Descriptors
H.4.1 [Information systems]: Information systems applications –
Office automation
General Terms
Management, Performance, Human Factors, Standardization
Keywords
Food Safety, Monitoring technology, Mobile and wireless
technology
1. INTRODUCTION
This paper focuses on role and function of mobile technologies in
quality control in China in the past two decades.
1) What mobile tools are employed in quality control systems
in China in the past two decades?
2) What roles are mobile technologies playing in the quality
control and food safety watch system?
2. MOBILE AND WIRELESS
TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD SAFETY
CONTROL
Major wireless ICTs in quality control system are Wireless Net
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Danyao Li
Fudan University
No 220, Handan Road,
Yangpu District, Shanghai,
PRC
86-21-55665676
danielle.lee.33@hotmail
.com
Lei Zheng
Fudan University
No 220, Handan Road,
Yangpu District, Shanghai,
PRC
86-21-55665676
zhengl@fudan.edu.cn
work, Radio Frequency Identification, Geographic Information
System [1, 2]. Notable advantages of wireless ICT are:
1) Low cost and consistent monitoring, collection and
distribution of accurate product related data
2) Flexibility for product life cycle information transmission
3) Provide a solid base for production strategy adjustment
However, some issues are still a great concern for wireless
systems employment.
1) System reliability, data accuracy, privacy and standard
2) Overwhelming/unstructured data without proper analysis
3) Integration with existing legacy system
4) Commitment of private enterprises
3. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
METHODOLOGY
3.1 Theoretical Framework: Structuration
Theory and Grounded Approach
Structuration theory’s principal is to connect human actions with a
structural explanation in social analysis [3]. It has been widely
applied to research of ICT and its influence on institutional
environments and individual behavior related.
Data analysis is guided by grounded theory. It is to bridge the gap
between theoretically uninformed empirical research and
empirically uninformed theory [4].
3.2 Data Collection
A total of 264 papers and reports meet the criteria of our selection
from mainly two sources:
1) Academic papers in China National Knowledge Infrastructure
and Google Scholar
2) Official reports from database of government agencies and
international organizations
3.3 Multifaceted Coding Methods
We conducted a multifaceted coding on papers and reports
selected based on following aspects in quality control.
1) The specific mobile/wireless ICT used