Performance evaluation of tracking and tracing for logistics operations

Shamsuzzoha, Ahm; Ehrs, Mikael; Addo-Tenkorang, Richard; Nguyen, Duy Nhien; Helo, Petri

doi:10.1504/ijstl.2013.050587

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“…The implementation of different food traceability systems has economic consequences also in terms of costs and vertical reorganization of activities within the supply chains (Banterle and Stranieri, 2008). Recent economic studies have also concentrate the attention on the economic consequences of different traceability levels in terms of costs and benefits (Donnelly et al, 2013;Shamsuzzoha et al, 2013;Chryssochoidis et al, 2009;Wilson et al, 2008). The finer the traceability system is in term of breadth, depth and precision, the higher the costs and benefits associated to the standard implementation will be (Saltini and Akkerman, 2012).…”

Section: Incentives and Voluntary Traceability Standardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Voluntary traceability standards and the role of economic incentives

Stranieri

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Banterle

2016

British Food Journal

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Purpose The proliferation of traceability standards shed light on the understanding of the mechanisms leading agri-food firms to choose among different kind of rules and systems for their implementation. The present paper investigates the role of firms economic incentives on the adoption of different traceability systems. In specific, the analysis aims at segmenting food firms on the basis of economic incentives for the adoption of voluntary traceability and the levels of the system complexity implemented. Design/methodology/approach A survey based on an ad hoc questionnaire was conducted in 2014 on a sample of firms certified ISO 22005/2008. Cluster analysis was run for the analysis and one-way ANOVA was used to confirm differences among clusters. Findings The analysis presents three different clusters in terms of economic incentives for voluntary traceability and the level of systems complexity implemented. All the clusters reveal that supply chain incentives play a key role. Moreover, ‘fine traceability’ clusters firms with high level of traceability. They consider food safety as an important incentive to adopt a voluntary standard. ‘Medium traceability’ groups firms with an average level of traceability system complexity. The interviewed consider the firm reputation as strategic driver for voluntary standard implementation. The cluster ‘coarse traceability’ groups firms which introduced traceability for quality differentiation of products on the market. These firms implemented a low level of traceability system complexity. Research limitations/implications The paper presents some limitations due to the sample dimension. Future research is oriented to test such results on an extended sample and to analyse the relationships between the traceability system implemented and the different kind of economic incentives for traceability standards. Originality/value The present paper offers two main contributions. From a conceptual point of view it tries to deepen existing knowledge on the mechanisms regulating the existence of different traceability standards. From a managerial point of view, the analysis contributes in the understanding of firm strategies in relation to the adoption of different traceability systems. Such results could address firm management on the allocation of financial resources for the adoption of different traceability systems.

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Section: Incentives and Voluntary Traceability Standardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They relate to production efficiency, human resource efficiency and firms profits (Epelbaum and Martinez, 2014;Shamsuzzoha et al, 2013;Bosona and Gebresenbet, 2013;Saltini and Akkerman, 2012;Mensah and Julien, 2011;Canavari et al, 2010;Fotopoulos et al, 2009).…”

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Voluntary traceability standards and the role of economic incentives

Stranieri

Cavaliere

Banterle

2016

British Food Journal

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“…The system can simulate, plan, evaluate and forecast the process of warehousing and freight transportation. In Japan, the intelligent logistics develops rapidly, and the intelligent logistics is applied in the logistics transportation of cold chain, fresh chain and chemical industry [9].…”

Section: State Of the Artmentioning

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An Intelligent Logistics Tracking System Based on Wireless Sensor Network

Jijun¹

2018

Int. J. Onl. Eng.

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Abstract-In view of the shortcomings in information collection and tracking management in existing logistics, the key technologies of wireless sensor network and the basic concepts and methods of Information Technology Infrastructure Library(ITIL) is studied. The basic structure and main functions of the logistics tracking system based on wireless sensor network is put forward. It can effectively solve the detection, location, recognition and automatic processing of fault events and other issues of goods in the process of logistics tracking management. In addition, combined with the GIS software, the logistics tracking and monitoring system based on the wireless sensor network is realized by using Java language coding. The results show that this system can realize the tracking, visualization and automatic management of the information in the process of goods transportation. Therefore, the proposed method significantly improves the accuracy, rapidity and intuition of the logistics information management.

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“…It improves the speed and accuracy of reading labels and identifying items and reduces error rates. The technology supports picking orders, tracking orders and materials, and as part of the loading/unloading process (Shamsuzzoha, Ehrs, Addo-Tenkorang, Nguyen, & Helo, 2013). The disadvantage of barcodes is the mandatory visibility of the code.…”

Section: Identification Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%