Journal of Northeastern University Natural Science ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 336-341.DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2015.03.008

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Simulation-Based Optimization on RFID-Enabled Push/Pull Control Strategy for Supply Chain

LI Guo-jia, WANG Ding-wei   

  1. School of Information Science & Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
  • Received:2014-01-28 Revised:2014-01-28 Online:2015-03-15 Published:2014-11-07
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Abstract: The research on control methods of multi-echelon inventory systems is very important in reducing inventory cost, improving service level and enhancing the key competitive abilities. Radio frequency identification (RFID) technique provides an effective way in the innovation of inventory control strategies. The Push/Pull control strategy based on RFID was applied to multi-echelon inventory of supply chain, and a three-echelon inventory of supply chain was exemplified and eight kinds of RFID-enabled hybrid Push/Pull control strategies were designed. These strategies are optimized using the simulation-based particle-swarm optimization method. The results demonstrate the feasibility and the effectiveness of the method. The simulation results after optimization show that the hybrid Push/Pull control strategy that manufactures are controlled by the Push strategy, the distributions and retailers are controlled by the Pull strategy performs best among the eight kinds of strategies.

Key words: RFID, multi-echelon network inventory, Push/Pull, simulation-based optimization, particle swarm optimization

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