RFID Technology in Supply Chain Management: State of the Art and Perspectives

Alexandre Dolgui (1, 2) , Jean-Marie Proth (3)

1 MSGI-ENSMSE - Département Méthodes Scientifiques pour la Gestion Industrielle
2 ROGI-ENSMSE - Equipe : Recherche Opérationnelle pour le Génie Industriel
3 INRIA Lorraine

This paper provides a state of the art on RFID technology in Supply chain management. It presents technical characteristics of existing RFID systems, a guideline for RFID deployment, and some applications in Supply chains. The paper summarizes the advantages of RFID technology for inventory control and introduces some challenging problems and perspectives dealing with, in particular, privacy and authentication. In addition, there is a carefully selected recent bibliography in this domain.

Mots clés: Supply Chain; RFID technologies; Inventory control; Information sharing; Privacy; Authentication

Domaines: Modélisation et simulation

Alexandre Dolgui, Jean-Marie Proth. RFID Technology in Supply Chain Management: State of the Art and Perspectives. 17th IFAC World Congress, Jul 2008, Séoul, South Korea. p. 4464-4475, ⟨10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.00753⟩. ⟨emse-00679098⟩