Value analysis of location-enabled radio-frequency identification information on delivery chain performance

• Published in: International journal of production economics Vol. 112; no. 1; pp. 403 - 415
• Main Authors: Kim, Jindae, Tang, Kaizhi, Kumara, Soundar, Yee, Shang-Tae, Tew, Jeffrey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.03.2008; Elsevier; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Series: International Journal of Production Economics
• Subjects: Assembly lines; Automatic identification; Decision making models; Delivery supply chain; Load makeup; Location tracking; Logistics; Radio frequency; Radio frequency identification; Radio-frequency identification (RFID); Real-time information; Simulation; Studies; Vehicles; Load makeup; Radio-frequency identification (RFID); Simulation; Delivery supply chain; Real-time information; Location tracking; Logistics
• ISSN: 0925-5273; 1873-7579
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.04.006

A shipping yard of an automotive assembly plant is one of the key business processes as well as a starting point of outbound logistics, which holds finished vehicles temporarily until their shipment. The shipping yard involves various dynamically changing events and operations associated with vehicle movement, deployment, and shipment. Location-enabled radio-frequency identification tracking of vehicles can significantly improve the performance of delivery operations by facilitating better decision making. This paper analyzes the value of wireless location information for logistic operations during vehicle deployment and load makeup planning (DLMP) using a comprehensive simulation framework that simulates real operations of the yard.