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Ubiquitous System to Enhance the Supply Chain

Authors:
Candido Caballero-Gil
Jezabel Molina-Gil
Pino Caballero-Gil
Alexis Quesada-Arencibia

Keywords: Ubiquitous systems; Internet of Things; wireless technologies; transportation and logistics services.

Abstract:
Transportation and logistics include delivery, movement and collection of goods through roads, and in the international case also through ports and airports. Consequently, they usually involve many different actors, what complicates management, reducing efficiency and effectiveness. In particular, time, boundaries, and interdependencies are the main difficulties in any supply chain. Besides, several security challenges are raised due to unintentional errors or intentional attacks. Existing technology such as RFID, with its potential to automate product authentications, makes possible to solve, or at least to reduce, most of the possible negative effects caused by the mismanagement of the supply chain process. In this line, technology included in the Internet of Things (IoT) can be used to enhance several aspects of the supply chain management, helping to improve demand management, customization, and automatic replenishment of out-of-stock goods while reducing inventory and distribution costs, as well as counterfeit versions of name-brand items. It also allows creating new safe and efficient schemes that help enterprises and organizations to improve quality of service and traceability to the management of transported goods. This paper proposes the IoT integration in the transport of merchandise, allowing its follow-up from the cloud. Preliminary research results indicate that the combination of ubiquitous technologies provides a more complete and efficient service.

Pages: 10 to 13

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: June 23, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3972

ISBN: 978-1-61208-280-6

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from June 23, 2013 to June 28, 2013