Summary
IEICE Information and Communication Technology Forum
2015
Session Number:SESSION5
Session:
Number:SESSION5-1
Ubiquitous Computing Technologies to Manage a Transport Monitoring System
Pino Caballero-Gil, Cándido Caballero-Gil, Francisco Martin Fernandez,
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Publication Date:2015-08-31
Online ISSN:2188-5079
DOI:10.34385/proc.22.SESSION5-1
Summary:
Management of transportation and logistics includes delivering, movement and collection of goods through roads, ports and airports. In general, many different actors are involved in the actions, what makes more complex the administration and reduces efficiency and effectiveness. Some of the critical aspects that must be covered by a supply chain system are time, space and interdependencies. Added to them, there are several security challenges due to non-intentional or intentional errors. With this in mind, technologies such as RFID, GPS, WiFi Direct and LTE/3G can have the potential to automate product authentication and tracking of merchandise, solving or at least reducing, most of the negative effects caused by mismanagement or attacks against the weakest link in the process of the supply chain. Thus, this type of management can be considered a part of the Internet of Things useful to improve demand management, customization, and automatic replenishment of out-of-stock goods while reducing inventory and distribution costs, and counterfeit versions of name-brand items. Furthermore, it can be used to create safer and more efficient schemes that help enterprises and organizations to improve quality of service and traceability of transported merchandise. In this work, a new system is designed to be integrated in the transport of merchandise, enabling its follow-up through the cloud. The results of the implemented tool show that the combination of ubiquitous technologies provides a more complete and efficient service than existing services.