Title: Developing operation layer of logistics information system based on EPCIS

Authors: Qiang Li; Guoyin Zhu; Lixin Miao

Addresses: Division of Logistics and Transportation, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Tsinghua Campus, The University Town, Shenzhen 518055, China ' Division of Logistics and Transportation, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Tsinghua Campus, The University Town, Shenzhen 518055, China ' Division of Logistics and Transportation, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Tsinghua Campus, The University Town, Shenzhen 518055, China

Abstract: 'Information Island' is a common phenomenon in the enterprises logistics informatisation in China. The fundamental reason is that most software developers fail to catch the commonness of logistics activities. EPC system aims to track and share logistics data between different enterprises in a supply chain. This paper thoroughly analyses EPCIS which is the core of EPC system and summarises the commonness of logistics activities. Then based on these, a general development method of logistics information system is proposed. This method grasps the commonness of logistics activities which helps to unify a development method of all logistics activities in operation layer. This eliminates not only the relationship among logistics activities but also the relationship between logistics activities and other modules like the inventory management module, which greatly improves the module reusability.

Keywords: internet of things; IoT; EPC information services; EPCIS; information islands; logistics information systems; electronic product code; radio frequency identification; RFID; data tracking; information sharing; inventory management; module reusability; supply chain management; SCM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJES.2015.069996

International Journal of Embedded Systems, 2015 Vol.7 No.2, pp.115 - 122

Received: 28 Feb 2014
Accepted: 21 May 2014
Published online: 22 Jun 2015 *

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