Supply chain modeling and control for producing highly customized products

Mourtzis, Dimitris; Papakostas, Nikolaos; Makris, Sotiris; Xanthakis, Vangelis; Chryssolouris, George

doi:10.1016/j.cirp.2008.03.106

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“…It would be possible to continue with similar individual examples of successful RFID implementations that were driven by internal mandates (e.g. Mourtzis et al 2008). Narsing (2005) offers another optimistic view on RFID potentiality.…”

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Impacts of RFID implementation on cost structure in networked manufacturing

Modrák

Moskvich²

2012

International Journal of Production Research

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Radio frequency identification (RFID) presents the key innovative solution to automatically capture and track the movement of material items throughout an entire supply chain. In this article, we explore influences of RFID technology implementation on cost and profit efficiencies. For this purpose a mathematical model of supply chain cost structure and functions was created to analyse the impacts. The model, which has also been verified through a case study approach, is aimed to examine the economical impact of RFID implementation at an automotive original equipment manufacturer and its suppliers. To analyse the impact of the traceability system using RFID technology, a cost reduction parameter will be used. Since in automotive supply chains the functional dependence of individual parts is changing in the upstream and downstream supply chain, only certain parts will be calculated with their complete functions and relations. IntroductionCompanies are practically always dependent on competition in the market. Presently, and in the future, sustainable competitive advantage will be dominated by competition between entire supply chains, not just between manufacturing firms. In this context, there is increasing need for creation of networked manufacturing systems that can respond promptly to changes in market demand. Especially, the automotive industry is often facing intense competition and price pressures due to turbulences in the financial markets. In this connection, automotive supply chain management (SCM) systems are more and more focused on cost-optimal network structures. A solution to handle this problem is offered by using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, which is considered a powerful driver of positive changes in SCM. With the rapidly decreasing price of the RFID tag, its adoption in SCM is increasing dramatically (Irani et al. 2010). Nowadays, we can find many successful application examples of RFID technology in different industry environments including the automotive industry. However, it is also a matter of discussion as to why the deployment of RFID technology has been slower than expected. According to Ngai (2010) it was caused by several factors including the global financial crisis that slowed the implementation of RFID systems in many companies due to high costs of adoption and lack of required expertise.This article is concerned with analysing the economic impacts of RFID implementation at an automotive original equipment manufacturer and its suppliers. Its main scope is to present a mathematical model of supply chain cost structure and to compare obtained results from its theoretical testing with results based on a case study approach. The paper is structured as follows; Section 2 presents a summary of the research background and motivation; in Section 3, a methodology that was used is outlined; then a testing of mathematical models describing so-called standard Supply Chain (SC) and Just in Sequence-(JIS)-based SC is presented; and finally, essential findings of the work are sum...

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Section: Research Background and Motivationmentioning

confidence: 96%

Impacts of RFID implementation on cost structure in networked manufacturing

Modrák

Moskvich²

2012

International Journal of Production Research

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“…Mourtzis et al proposes a method of dynamically querying supply chain partners to provide real time or near real time information related to the availability of parts required for the production of highly customizable products [137]. They also provide examples of a ship repair yard [138][139][140] by integrating in an open and flexible system a number of critical business functions with production planning, scheduling and control.…”

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Value creation and decision-making in sustainable society

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“…Many works deal with the improvement of inventories via RFID technology, see for example, Doerr et al [3], Kok et al [9], Liu et al [12], Wang et al [25], Rekik et al [19,20], Pei and Klabjan [16], and Rekik [21], just to name a few. Also, there are some papers that deal with the application of RFID in supply chains such as Porter et al [17], Wang et al [25], Mourtzis et al [14], Lin [11], Chang et al [2], Lee and Lee [10] and Rekik [21]. Addressing health care systems are the works of Chan et al [1], Zhou et al [27], Lu et al [13], among others.…”

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Methods of selection and identification of RFID tags

Hervert-Escobar

Smith

Rodríguez-Cruz

et al. 2015

Int. J. Mach. Learn. & Cyber.

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Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a technology with numerous benefits in applications where objects have to be identified automatically. However, cost, fragile tags, collision and reading errors are some of issues to be concerned with in an RFID implementation. Mainly, this paper proposes a method for tag identification and a method for the selection of the binary codes to program on the tags in order to facilitate the identification process. For the identification method a heuristic based on Hamming distance is developed where the basic idea is to utilize the information obtained in consecutive read attempts to help identify a tag. For the selection method three models based on Hamming distance are also developed which strive to find the set with the greatest dissimilarity among the codes. Computer simulations are performed to verify the validity of the proposed methods.

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Supply chain modeling and control for producing highly customized products

Cited by 67 publications

References 6 publications

Impacts of RFID implementation on cost structure in networked manufacturing

Impacts of RFID implementation on cost structure in networked manufacturing

Value creation and decision-making in sustainable society

Methods of selection and identification of RFID tags

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