Towards Transparent Supply Chain: Recent Technological Trends

Manoj Kumar Srivastava*
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Rajasthan.
Periodicity:June - August'2006
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.1.1.412

Abstract

Supply chain management has become a popular topic in modern business management and researches. It brings the revolutionary philosophy and approach to manage the business with the sustained competitiveness. Productivity in the context of supply chain depends a lot on information visibility at the various stages of the chain. This paper attempts to identify this why and how of information visibility within supply chain. The latest technological advent in EPC / RFID form to enhance overall productivity of the chain through this information visibility is also discussed as one of the available and possible proposition.

Keywords

Information Visibility, Productivity, Efficacy, Business Pressures, Operational Challenges, Instances, EPC / RFID, XML, SKU.

How to Cite this Article?

Manoj Kumar Srivastava (2006). Towards Transparent Supply Chain: Recent Technological Trends. i-manager’s Journal on Management, 1(1), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.1.1.412

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