Intelligent Products in the Supply Chain - 10 Years on

摘要: Ten years ago the intelligent product model was introduced as a means of motivating supply chain in which or orders were central opposed to organizations that stored delivered them. This notion physical influencing its own movement through enabled by evolution low cost RFID systems promised connection between goods and networked information environments. In 2002 intelligence regarded useful but rather esoteric construct. However, intervening ten there have been number technological advances coupled with an increasingly challenged business environment make prospects for deployment seem more likely. paper reviews these developments assesses their impact on approach.