This book is a comprehensive guide to networks of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) in supply chains, and its topics range from standardised hardware designs through known vulnerabilities, security and privacy models, and to concrete proposals for RFID authentication in various scenarios: machine readable documents, oneand two-way authentication in supp...

Companies in emerging industries face particular challenges in configuring effective supply chains. In this paper, we build on transaction cost economics to explore how supply chains can be configured in emerging industries. We focus on two key aspects of supply chain configuration: the make-or-buy decision and the strength of the ties between a focal firm and its suppliers. We utilise a multip...

Recent industry trends, including outsourcing, offshoring and lean manufacturing that focus on reducing supply chain costs, significantly increase the level of risk in the supply chain. At the same time, a number of leading companies have been successfully transforming their supply chains into robust and resilient supply chains. In this presentation, we examine sources of risks in the supply ch...

The reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is of high importance to society. Companies therefore have an increasing interest understanding and reducing the GHG their supply chains generate data track prove this, for example by calculating product carbon footprints (PCFs). Besides serious gaps PCF within companies LCA databases, there still missing experience knowledge on how consistently p...

The application of switch contol methodology in complex system such as industry of mechinery, electronics is widespread. In this paper the robust control system with time-delay based on switch theory (STDRCS) is presented to manage the inventory of cluster supply chains(CSC). The hybrid control approach might be effectively used to overcome model uncertainties and external disturbance. And the ...

    The multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets were functionalized with 2-hydroxymethyl thiophene (CNT-f-COOTh) and 2-thiophene acetic acid (rGO-f-TAA) and grafted with poly(3-dodecylthiophene) (CNT-g-PDDT and rGO-g-PDDT) to manipulate the orientation and patterning of crystallized regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT). Distinct nano-hybrid structu...

The adoption of novel information technologies like Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can improve the transparency and efficiency within supply chains. After many years of hyping the RFID technology it becomes increasingly evident that the actual adoption and diffusion of RFID lags behind the expectations of its optimistic promoters. In this paper we identify factors with a top-down approac...

The traditional linear industries led to dwindling resources and even exhaustion, as well as worsening pollution, it is a short-sighted unsustainable developing mode of the economy. Ecological industry is to realize the harmonious development between economy and environment by planning industrial systems according to material cycle in the natural ecological system. The Eco-industry coordinates ...

The hotel industry is in need of efficient, integrated, and economic supply chains and circulation processes. This paper introduces a project of integration of hotel management systems by web services technology. We discuss how web services will consent to the hotel industry by automating product distributions and providing better services to buyers, suppliers, and prospective partners. The pro...