A solution for Integrated Track and Trace in Supply Chain based on ...

Challenges <strong>and</strong> Observations• Limitations with related work– Importance on Integration of RFID <strong>and</strong> GPS are <strong>in</strong>vestigated, only.– <strong>Supply</strong> cha<strong>in</strong> scenarios are not specifically addressed.– Emerg<strong>in</strong>g (e.g., EPCIS) st<strong>and</strong>ards are not used <strong>for</strong> this work.– Few implementation works are reported <strong>and</strong> studied.• Challenges– Build<strong>in</strong>g a real-time track <strong>and</strong> trace <strong>solution</strong> at the level of pallets, cases,cartons or (ideally) items <strong>in</strong> supply cha<strong>in</strong>, that properly leverag<strong>in</strong>g onexist<strong>in</strong>g RFID technology, GPS system <strong>and</strong> EPCIS <strong>in</strong>frastructures.• Observations– An open, scalable <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>tegrated architecture is highly dem<strong>and</strong>ed <strong>for</strong>seamless track <strong>and</strong> trace <strong>in</strong> global wide logistics supply cha<strong>in</strong>.– Exist<strong>in</strong>g EPCglobal network <strong>and</strong> GPS system can be synergized to provideabove architecture.Copyright © 2009 S<strong>in</strong>gapore Institute ofManufactur<strong>in</strong>g Technology All rights reserved