Designing and Presenting a Conceptual Model of Cloud-Based Inventory Management Based on RFID Technology

The existence of errors and low accuracy in inventory control systems is one of the most important issues that has always been raised. Radio frequency identification (RFID) system as one of the most efficient automatic identification systems has been able to overcome some of these problems. Although some companies have been using RFID technology in their inventory management system, the use of this technology alone and independently failed to address the supply chain management issues in a large way. Because inventory planning in one part of the supply chain has always been subject to limitations due to low awareness of the current situation in other parts of the supply chain. The purpose of this paper is to design and present a conceptual model of cloud-based inventory management as an integrated inventory management system throughout the supply chain. In this model, cloud computing has been used in inventory management along with RFID technology, which enables each of the supply chain components to benefit from RFID independently and the flow of inventory information across the supply chain. Therefore, they can control and manage the inventories with high accuracy and speed.