radio frequency identification (rfid) is used to identify the characteristics of an object wirelessly using radio waves. the purpose of this technology in this study is mainly focused on healthcare for inventory management and theft control replacing the manual logs. the storage and tracking of high-cost inventory items is developed. automatic reordering and billing interfaces are designed for ...

In the electronic business environment, supply chain management must deal with globalization, proliferating product variety, organizational barriers, and quick information sharing. Consequently, appropriate tools are needed to support supply chain management. We believe that software agents are good candidates to overcome these challenges. In this paper, I propose MASƏSCM, which is a Multi-Agen...

INTRODUCTION The importance of efficiency in the supply chain of perishable products, such as the blood products used in transfusion services, cannot be overstated. Many problems can occur, such as the outdating of products, inventory management issues, patient misidentification, and mistransfusion. The purpose of this article was to identify the benefits and barriers associated with radiofrequ...

The paper takes the operation center of D company as an example, studies the packing material inventory control. Grouping by ABC classification, the paper establishes the joint order of multi-item inventory control model to determine the optimal order cycle, achieving the purpose of reducing inventory levels and inventory cost. Keywords-packing materials; inventory; joint order; multi-item

A model for comparing the inventory costs of purchasing under the economic order quantity (EOQ) system and the just-intime (JIT) order purchasing system in existing literature concluded that JIT purchasing was virtually always the preferable inventory ordering system especially at high level of annual demand. By expanding the classical EOQ model, this paper shows that it is possible for the EOQ...

In the era of meager profit, production costs often become an important factor affecting SMEs’ operating conditions, and how to effectively reduce production costs has become an issue of in-depth consideration for the business owners. Especially, the food and beverage (F&B) industry cannot accurately predict the demand. It many cause demand forecast fall and excess or insufficient inventory pre...

Efficient inventory management is a complex process which entails the management of the inventory in the whole supply chain. The dynamic nature of the excess stock level and shortage level from one period to another is a serious issue. In addition, consideration of multiple products and more supply chain members leads to very complex inventory management process. Moreover, the supply chain cost...