Title: Using RFID for tracing cumulated resources and emissions in supply chain

Authors: Marko Junkkari; Antti Sirkka

Addresses: School of Information Sciences, University of Tampere, FIN 33014, Finland. ' Tieto Finland Oy, Hatanpäänvaltatie 30, Tampere 33101, Finland

Abstract: The tracing of resources and emissions has been recognised increasingly important in supply chains. The developed traceability graph enables tracing of information associated with products and their parts. Tracing in a supply chain requires the three integrated levels of actions: 1 at the physical level the Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) is used for physical objects; 2 at the data-storing level logical counterparts of RFID tags and database objects are mapped; 3 operational actions determine how recourses, emissions etc. are portioned in different parts of the traceability graph. Briefly, we integrate RFID technology with databases and operational actions of the supply chain.

Keywords: RFID; radio frequency identification; supply chain management; SCM; product tracing; component tracing; traceability graphs; cumulated resources; cumulated emissions; lifecycle assessment; environmental management; modelling; accumulation of attributes; database objects; product information.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2011.043582

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2011 Vol.8 No.4, pp.220 - 229

Received: 02 Oct 2009
Accepted: 01 Feb 2010
Published online: 10 Nov 2011 *

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