A Solution with Security Concern for RFID-Based Track and Trace Services in EPCglobal-Enabled Supply Chains

• Main Authors: HE, Wei, LI, Yingjiu, CHIEW, Kevin, LI, Tieyan, LEE, Eng Wah
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1433; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2432/viewcontent/10.5772_16624.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A supply chain represents the flow of materials, information, and finance as they move through supply chain partners such as manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, retailers, and consumers. The track & trace services in supply chains can help improve supply chain visibility and efficiency, and prevent counterfeiting and stealing of products thus enhance security. Track & trace services in supply chains require identification of items, capture of events as items move through supply chains, and query of events of items. RFID (radio frequency identification) is a technology that allows to identify objects simultaneously in a fully automated manner via radio waves. This advantage has enabled RFID technology to be used in many applications, including supply chain management (Angeles, 2005) and industrial production (Mintchell, 2002). RFID-based product track & trace in supply chains has attracted growing interests from both academic research and industrial practices.