Title :
Simulation of cold chain traceability based on RFID and WSN
Author :
Nabiha, Saidi ; Ezzeddine, Tahar
Author_Institution :
Nat. Sch. of Eng. of Tunis, Univ. Tunis EL-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
Abstract :
The traceability is a means to minimize the size of recalls and the production process. It is an emergent topic of research to improve the production efficiency. Some governments force the traceability on companies like a management tool of the risks in order to protect the public health. The objective of this work is to evaluate the impact of the RFID and WSN on traceability. We presented a categorization of traceability methods in this paper and we simulated a model of cold chain traceability to focus on RFID and WSN efficiency. Results show that these technologies decrease the inventory period and the numbers of recalls by decreasing the number of withdraw of foods.
Keywords :
manufacturing processes; production management; radiofrequency identification; wireless sensor networks; RFID; WSN; cold chain traceability; inventory period; management tool; production process; traceability methods; Dispersion; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Radiofrequency identification; Supply chains; Wireless sensor networks; ARENA; RFID; cold chain monitoring; traceability;
Conference_Titel :
Web Applications and Networking (WSWAN), 2015 2nd World Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8171-7
DOI :
10.1109/WSWAN.2015.7210337
