Résumé
AI technology can be used by logistics & transport industry:
- to manage inventories.
- together with EDI and bar codes, to track & trace shipments without manual operation.
- to assure reliable deliveries.
Cut costs, enhance service quality. Efficiency gains, savings in container and vehicle turn arounds, less paperwork and manual operations.
However, compatibility and interoperability problems. Container identification standard important step forward.
Importance of AI technologies increased with the security challenge due to September 11.
Contents:
- Purpose and use
- Efficiency and visibility
- AI systems and components
- Bar codes
- Harmonisation
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
- Bar codes vs RFID
- Electronic Product Code (EPC)
- Applications - RFID in the supply chain
- RFID/EPC transition
- Prospects