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Value-centric design of the internet-of-things solution for food supply chain: Value creation, sensor portfolio and information fusion

Authors: Zhibo Pang, Qiang Chen, Weili Han, Lirong Zheng

Published in: Information Systems Frontiers | Issue 2/2015

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The revolution of Internet-of-Things (IoT) is reshaping the modern food supply chains with promising business prospects. To be successful in practice, the IoT solutions should create “income-centric” values beyond the conventional “traceability-centric” values. To accomplish what we promised to users, sensor portfolios and information fusion must correspond to the new requirements introduced by this income-centric value creation. In this paper, we propose a value-centric business-technology joint design framework. Based on it the income-centric added-values including shelf life prediction, sales premium, precision agriculture, and reduction of assurance cost are identified and assessed. Then corresponding sensor portfolios are developed and implemented. Three-tier information fusion architecture is proposed as well as examples about acceleration data processing, self-learning shelf life prediction and real-time supply chain re-planning. The feasibilities of the proposed design framework and solution have been confirmed by the field trials and an implemented prototype system.

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Title: Value-centric design of the internet-of-things solution for food supply chain: Value creation, sensor portfolio and information fusion
Authors: Zhibo Pang
Qiang Chen
Weili Han
Lirong Zheng
Publication date: 01-04-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Information Systems Frontiers / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1387-3326
Electronic ISSN: 1572-9419
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-012-9374-9

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