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Using RFID and Barcode Technologies to Improve Operations Efficiency Within the Supply Chain

Using RFID and Barcode Technologies to Improve Operations Efficiency Within the Supply Chain
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Author(s): Amber A. Smith-Ditizio (Texas Woman's University, USA)and Alan D. Smith (Robert Morris University, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 11
Source title: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch486

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Abstract

Managing supply chain relationships and/or working with suppliers to meet the mutual goals of operational efficiency and profitably can be enhanced through the use of RFID and barcode technologies. It is important in a lean environment to use RFID and related IT-intensive technologies to management more robust and agile supply chains. The areas of improvement, as demonstrated in a case study of NE Ohio regionally headquartered firms' involvement of positive outcomes from the strategic use of automatic identification and tracking technologies included successfully implemented applications as well as technological advancements and development.

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