Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
Purpose - The purpose of the paper is to show that smart item technologies, like RFID and sensor networks, are considered the next big step in business process automation. Through automatic real-time data acquisition, these technologies can provide benefits to a variety of industries by improving the efficiency of their operations. A service-oriented infrastructure is proposed that enables the integration of RFID, wireless sensor networks and embedded systems technologies with existing business processes.Design/methodology/approach - This paper discusses the system requirements of a smart items infrastructure in detail. Based on these requirements, the overall infrastructure and the constituting components are introduced. Also, using two real-world scenarios, it is shown how the proposed infrastructure can be used.Findings - The paper found a set of technical requirements for a smart items infrastructure. The research resulted in the architectural design presented.Originality/value - To the best of one's knowledge, this paper is the first to identify and explain the technical requirements for a holistic smart items infrastructure. The service-oriented system architecture provides a new approach to a flexible/adaptable infrastructure for ubiquitous computing. By pointing out requirements and open issues, the paper identifies interesting topics for future research in this area. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2007 | 10.1108/17410390710740781 | JOURNAL OF ENTERPRISE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
Data handling, Sensors, Business process re-engineering | Journal | 20 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
3 | 1741-0398 | 7 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.84 | 3 | 5 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Spieß | 1 | 35 | 3.04 |
| Christof Bornhövd | 2 | 630 | 42.58 |
| Tao Lin | 3 | 12 | 1.35 |
| Stephan Haller | 4 | 222 | 24.28 |
| Joachim Schaper | 5 | 110 | 15.66 |