Intelligent technologies and systems of material management

Abstract

Material Management is the engine that drives its Supply Chain and Logistics of manufacturing enterprise or any other organization. With the economy development and technical progress, many Logistics are transforming from 1PL and 2PL and 3PL to 4PL and 5PL continuously, and many manufacturers are transforming from Mass Production to Mass Customization, and then to new manufacturing modes all the time, like Cloud Manufacturing, Social Manufacturing etc. So, Material Management should continuously apply the latest ICT & intelligent technologies or systems, like Barcode, RFID, IoT (Internet of Things), GPS/BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, Cloud Computing, Big data, Parallel Control and Management, to realize its transformation and upgrade coordinately with its Supply Chain and Logistics.