Contents
Executive summary on Supply chain Information system- Introduction on RFID technology uses
- Cambium-Forstbetriebe and RFID
- RFID: An overview
- RFID: Critical views
- RFID and Wood supply chain
- Benefits of RFID systems: Some case studies
- RFID: Expanding the horizon
- Overview of supply chain Information system
- Architecture of supply chain information system
- Technologies supporting supply chain information systems – EDI, Bar coding, Freight information & tracking system, Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
- Conclusion of Supply chain Information system
- Recommendation for RFID uses
- References of Supply chain Information system
Description
The report is written to analyze the supply chain system of Cambium-Forstbetriebe, a German logging company. The paper particularly addresses the usability of technology in supply chain information system with a descriptive analysis on Radio Frequency Identification or RFID technology. The paper also analyzes the significance of RFID technology for tracking woods across the wood supply chain systems. It also elaborates an extensive overview of the supply chain system along with the impact of information technology. Above all, the paper looks at the advantages and disadvantages of RFID system, and proposes its implementation on supply chain information system. After, analysing the pros and cons of RFID technology, final recommendations of going ahead with the RFID technology have been made to the competitors of Cambium-Forstbetriebe.
