Title :
Simulation for implementing RFID-EPC in reverse supply chain based on consumer market
Author :
Gu, QiaoLun ; Gao, Tiegang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. Eng., Tianjin Univ. of Technol. & Educ., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
RFID-EPC can help to reduce the uncertainty of the quantity of collected used-products in reverse supply chain by using real-time monitoring. At the same time, the monitoring cost will affect the total profit of the reverse supply chain. So, when to implement RFID-EPC is a crucial problem. In this paper, we will simulate the implementing of RFID-EPC in reverse supply chain based on the consumer market: demand exceeds supply, supply exceeds demand, and demand equals supply approximately. Demand means the demand of remanufactured products and supply means the supply of collected used-products. The simulation results show that the implementing of RFID-EPC will increase the total profit of the reverse supply chain when demand exceeds supply and demand equals supply approximately. RFID-EPC can be implemented in reverse supply chain in these two situations. When supply exceeds demand, RFID-EPC shouldn´t be implemented.
Keywords :
consumer products; production engineering computing; profitability; radiofrequency identification; recycling; supply and demand; supply chain management; RFID-EPC; consumer market; real-time monitoring; remanufactured product demand; reverse supply chain; supply and demand; Biological system modeling; Equations; Mathematical model; Monitoring; Simulation; Supply chains; Uncertainty; Consumer market; RFID-EPC; reverse supply chain; simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0740-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2157-3611
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2011.6117983