RFID-based Supply-chain Pedigree Interactive Dynamic Explorer(SPIDER)

epedigree verifier, network explorer and chain analyzer

Product safety has attracted considerable public concern and press attention in recent years. Visualization of the dynamic product supply chain is undoubtedly the trend for ensuring the product quality, but there is still plenty of room for improving the current situation. The RFID-based Supply-chain Pedigree Interactive Dynamic Explorer (SPIDER) is proposed as a secure and global platform for public and government to explore the product pedigree and better understand the product supply chain. It is used to verify, inspect and investigate the product pedigree effectively and efficiently, as well as to enhance product safety in the market.

Special Features and Advantages

SPIDER can enrich, enliven and add variety to traditional product safety approaches by using the RFID and EPCglobal Network. Some significant impacts explored by SPIDER include:

Assisting in enhancing the health of consumers
Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the inspection of product
Ensuring product safety continuously

Applications

Provides an easy to use and understand method in which the public can verify the pedigree of their product
Provides an interactive toolkit with rich media for the inspectors to better monitor and analyze the product supply chain network
Delivers a proactive approach for investigators and generates a message to notify the users autonomously

Award

The Hong Kong ICT Awards 2007: Best Innovation & Research Certificate of Merit – Best Social Responsibility

Principal Investigator

Dr Carman K. M. LEE

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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RFID-based Supply-chain Pedigree Interactive Dynamic Explorer(SPIDER)

epedigree verifier, network explorer and chain analyzer