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iFloW: An Integrated Logistics Software System for Inbound Supply Chain Traceability

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Abstract

Visibility plays an important role in supply chain management. Such visibility is not only important for better planning, but especially for real-time execution related with the traceability of goods. In inbound supply chain management, logistics planners need to trace raw materials from their requests in order to properly plan a plant’s production. The iFloW (Inbound Logistics Tracking System) integrates logistics providers IT applications and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to track and trace incoming freights. The Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) is updated in real-time allowing an improved materials planning process. This paper presents the iFloW project and describes how these issues are addressed and validated in a real pilot project.

Keywords

  • Logistics software system
  • Inbound logistics
  • Track and trace
  • Supply chain visibility
  • Traceability
  • GPS

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Acknowledgments

This research is sponsored by the Portugal Incentive System for Research and Technological Development PEst-UID/CEC/00319/2013 and by project in co-promotion no 36265/2013 (Project HMIExcel—2013–2015).

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  1. School of Engineering, ALGORITMI Research Center, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Nuno Santos, Diogo Barbosa, Paulo Maia, Fábio A. Fernandes, Márcio P. Rebelo, M. Sameiro Carvalho, João M. Fernandes & Ricardo J. Machado

  2. Bosch Car Multimedia Portugal S.A., Braga, Portugal

    Pedro V. Silva

  3. Department of Production and Systems, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    M. Sameiro Carvalho

  4. Department of Informatics, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    João M. Fernandes

  5. Department of Information Systems, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Ricardo J. Machado

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Santos, N. et al. (2016). iFloW: An Integrated Logistics Software System for Inbound Supply Chain Traceability. In: Mertins, K., Jardim-Gonçalves, R., Popplewell, K., Mendonça, J. (eds) Enterprise Interoperability VII. Proceedings of the I-ESA Conferences, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30957-6_15

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