RFID Multi-ownership Transfer Protocols in VMI Environments

• Main Authors: I-Fan Wang, 王逸帆
• Other Authors: Nai-Wei Lo
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/76599770728585861010

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 資訊管理系 === 102 === Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a contactless automatic identification technology. This technology is used in variety of fields, its easy-to-read feature is particularly suitable for applications in the logistics supply chain management, and it permits business partners in supply chain to effectively control inventory and sharing information. Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is an inventory co-management approach. The purpose of which is to integrate enterprise resource and inhibit the bullwhip effect. Moreover, the vendor will be able to manage the inventory under mutual agreement to share the inventory costs which were solely borne by the dealer in the past. Two RFID multi-ownership transfer protocols aimed for the VMI environment are presented in this thesis. They are developed to solve the difficulties of the RFID system implementation in VMI environment, and to improve the efficiency of the inventory costs allocation. These protocols are designed to handle one object with multiple owners based on the situations encountered; the ownership of particular users can be added or terminated as needed. Possible security issues and strategies to prevent such attacks are also discussed. The first protocol is referred to as Multi-ownership Transfer Protocol with Trust Third Party (TTP), as it would allow business partners to manage inventory in the control of TTP. It also provides a level mechanism to divide business into two levels, to maintain the confidential information privacy. The second protocol is called EPCIS-oriented multi-ownership transfer protocol, which is designed to support supply chain members who uses Electronic Product Code Information Service (EPCIS). It provides an information transparency environment to allow the users to share information and control the ownership immediately.