Title :
Integration of Intelligent Supply Chain Management (SCM) System
Author :
Liang, Yawei ; Li, Laixi
Author_Institution :
R. Mil. Coll. of Canada, Kingston
Abstract :
The Chinese economy has been growing rapidly despite an underdeveloped supply chain network. Most Chinese manufacturing companies do not yet rely on supply chain systems, but the environment is becoming increasingly competitive and many enterprises will find it difficult to survive if they do not make their sourcing, production and distribution more efficient. That makes the supply chain management market potential enormous. There is necessity to integrating various components this field. This study will focus on the integrating the whole logistics chain, which includes: digitized labeling, intelligent loading-and-unloading robots, automatic warehousing, logistics information management platforms, Internet-based SCM network, and last but not the least, adoption of advanced SCM concepts by the management personnel of this complex system.
Keywords :
industrial economics; intelligent manufacturing systems; management information systems; manufacturing industries; supply chain management; supply chains; Chinese economy; Chinese manufacturing companies; Internet-based SCM network; automatic warehousing; digitized labeling; intelligent loading-and-unloading robots; intelligent supply chain management system; logistics chain; logistics information management platform; personnel; supply chain network; Companies; Intelligent networks; Intelligent robots; Labeling; Logistics; Manufacturing; Production systems; Robotics and automation; Supply chain management; Supply chains; processing management; radio frequency identification (RFID); supply chain management (SCM);
Conference_Titel :
Service Systems and Service Management, 2007 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0885-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0885-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICSSSM.2007.4280198